If five machines can manufacture 5 widgets in 5 minutes, how many minutes will it take 100 machines to manufacture 100 widgets?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 5 minutes
- Step 1: Analyze individual machine productivity: 5 machines make 5 widgets in 5 minutes.
- Step 2: This means each machine takes 5 minutes to make 1 widget.
- Step 3: If 100 machines operate simultaneously, each making 1 widget, all 100 widgets will be completed in 5 minutes.
Answer
5 minutes.
Why not the others: '100 minutes' assumes machines work sequentially rather than in parallel; '1 minute' divides 5 by 5; '20 minutes' is an arbitrary ratio error.
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