Answer:
Hence, a carpenter can paint a maximum of 7 chairs.
Hence, option A is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
A carpenter has less than 120 min. to spend painting furniture each day.
Today, he has spent 30.5 min. painting a desk.
Now he will paint x chairs, each of which takes 12.5 min.
i.e. he will take a total of 12.5x minutes in painting 'x' chairs.
Also total time spent on painting furniture each day will be equal to time spent on painting a desk and all of the chairs.
Hence,
30.5+12.5x<120 (since the total time he spends on painting is less than 120 mins.)
⇒ 12.5 x<120-30.5
⇒ 12.5 x<89.5
⇒ x<7.16 ( on dividing both side of the inequality with 12.5)
Hence, a carpenter can paint a maximum of 7 chairs.
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