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In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 hours of work followed by 4 hours of rest,and machine B operates on a cycle of 40 hours of work followed by 8 hours of rest. Last week, the two machines began their respective cycles at 12 noon on Monday and continued until 12 noon on the following Saturday. On which days during that time period was there a time when both machines were at rest? Indicate all such days.A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday E. Friday F. Saturday Practice Questions
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
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ExplanationLet's focus on 1 machine at a time and list the starting and stopping time. We'll start with Machine AMONDAY12 noon: Machine A startsTUESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsWEDNESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsTHURSDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsFRIDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsSATURDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts------------------------------------------------------ Now let's add Machine BMONDAY12 noon: Machine A starts12 noon: Machine B starts TUESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsWEDNESDAY4:00 am: Machine B stops8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts12:00 noon: Machine B startsTHURSDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsFRIDAY4:00 am: Machine B stops8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts12:00 noon: Machine B startsSATURDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsAs we can see, both machines are stopped at the same time on Wednesday and Friday. Answer: C and E Cheers, Brent
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
29 May 2017, 19:57
is there any quicker method to do this calculation? GreenlightTestPrep wrote: sandy wrote: In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 hours of work followed by 4 hours of rest,and machine B operates on a cycle of 40 hours of work followed by 8 hours of rest. Last week, the two machines began their respective cycles at 12 noon on Monday and continued until 12 noon on the following Saturday. On which days during that time period was there a time when both machines were at rest?
Indicate all such days.
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
E. Friday
F. Saturday
Let's focus on 1 machine at a time and list the starting and stopping time. We'll start with Machine AMONDAY12 noon: Machine A startsTUESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsWEDNESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsTHURSDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsFRIDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsSATURDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts------------------------------------------------------ Now let's add Machine BMONDAY12 noon: Machine A starts12 noon: Machine B starts TUESDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsWEDNESDAY4:00 am: Machine B stops8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts12:00 noon: Machine B startsTHURSDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsFRIDAY4:00 am: Machine B stops8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A starts12:00 noon: Machine B startsSATURDAY8:00 am: Machine A stops12:00 noon: Machine A startsAs we can see, both machines are stopped at the same time on Wednesday and Friday. |
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
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both machines should stop at a 40 hours interval [ as the LCM of 20,40 is 40]
so, starting from 12.00 noon of Monday we can take a 40 hour working time followed by a rest .
thus, 12noo+40 hours lead to a rest on Wednesday
again another 40 hours, now it's on Friday.
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
08 Oct 2019, 06:23
Yes we can find the LCM of total hours in order to have answer
eg: LCM of 24 hrs and 48 hrs
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
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Yes we can find the LCM of total hours in order to have answer
eg: LCM of 24 hrs and 48 hrs
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
29 Jan 2020, 23:14
i saw this question in the ETS practice book but was a bit confused by the wording...
thought that "following saturday" meant we needed to calculate two weeks worth, which would mean it would include Monday...
was wondering if that confused anyone else?
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
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sandy wrote: In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 hours of work followed by 4 hours of rest,and machine B operates on a cycle of 40 hours of work followed by 8 hours of rest. Last week, the two machines began their respective cycles at 12 noon on Monday and continued until 12 noon on the following Saturday. On which days during that time period was there a time when both machines were at rest? Indicate all such days.A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday E. Friday F. Saturday Practice Questions
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Page: 207 For Machine A: For 20 hours of work, it takes 4 hours rest => In a span of 24 hours, the last 4 hours are for rest ... (i) For Machine B: For 40 hours of work, it takes 8 hours rest => In a span of 48 hours, the last 8 hours are for rest ... (ii) Thus, for the last 4 hours (out of the 8 hours) when Machine B is at rest, Machine A is also at rest. This scenario occurs at the end of the 2nd day from when both A and B have started to work together Thus, in every 2 days (48 hours), both machines are at rest in the last 4 hours The machines start on Monday 12 noon # First time both rest are the last 4 hrs of the 2nd day i.e. 8 am to 12 noon of Wednesday(after this, both start working together from 12 noon of Wednesday) # Thus, the second time both rest are the last 4 hrs of the 2nd day from Wednesday i.e. 8 am to 12 noon of FridayThere would be no more opportunities of resting together since they work only till Saturday. Answers: C and E
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sandy wrote: In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 hours of work followed by 4 hours of rest,and machine B operates on a cycle of 40 hours of work followed by 8 hours of rest. Last week, the two machines began their respective cycles at 12 noon on Monday and continued until 12 noon on the following Saturday. On which days during that time period was there a time when both machines were at rest? Indicate all such days.A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday E. Friday F. Saturday Practice Questions
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Page: 207 With such exercises I feel they look harder then they are. Starting off with looking at mac a mac a works 20hr and then rests 4 hr Meaning that we would see their cycle looking like the following 20 work 4 rest= 24 hr, 24+20work + 4rest= 48 hr Now B goes 40 work + 8 rest =48hr , 48+40work+8rest= 96hr Now a thing we can spot or search for is how long does it take the lower one to catch up with the bigger one logic. We look at A--> A will start their second round of rest at 44hr, which coincides with the rest of B. Meaning that at the beginning of every second rest from A the two will rest simultaneously. This leading us to the conclusion that every 44 hours the two will rest together for 4 hr. This would mean the first rest that the two will have together will be on WED-->12+24+8=44-->leaving us with 16 hr left in wed the next rest will be on friday 16+24+4=44-->leaving us with 20+12 hr from friday and saturday which is not enough to get a rest in together Thereby getting the answers c and e
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Re: QOTD#9 In a factory, machine A operates on a cycle of 20 [#permalink]
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anita123 wrote: Yes we can find the LCM of total hours in order to have answer
eg: LCM of 24 hrs and 48 hrs Hi, can you explain me how you get the result by LCM? Thx,Regards
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