Question

A cement factory makes 7000 cement bags in 12 days with the help of 36 machines. how
many bags can be made in 18 days using 24 machines?
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the required number of cement bags be x. Number of days more ⇒ More cement bags. ∴ It is direct variation. ∴ The multiplying factor = 18/12 Number of machines more ⇒ More cement bags. ∴ It is direct variation. ∴ The multiplying factor = 24/36 ∴ x = 7000 × 18/12 × 24/36 x = 7000 cement bags 7000 cement bags can be madeRead more on Sarthaks.com - https://www.sarthaks.com/1006866/cement-factory-makes-cement-bags-days-with-help-machines-many-bags-made-days-using-machines

Answer 2

1 Answer +1 vote answered Dec 15, 2020 by Ishti (46.2k points) selected 6 days ago by Harhsa Let the required number of cement bags be x. Number of days more ⇒ More cement bags. ∴ It is direct variation. ∴ The multiplying factor = 18/12 Number of machines more ⇒ More cement bags. ∴ It is direct variation. ∴ The multiplying factor = 24/36 ∴ x = 7000 × 18/12 × 24/36 x = 7000 cement bags 7000 cement bags can be made.Read more on Sarthaks.com - https://www.sarthaks.com/1006866/cement-factory-makes-cement-bags-days-with-help-machines-many-bags-made-days-using-machines