Question

When building a chair, a carpenter uses 2 pounds of wood and 4 ounces of glue. If the Carpenter has 8 pounds of wood and 6 ounces of glue, how many chairs will he be able to build

Answer 1

He can build ...

... min(floor((available wood)/(wood per chair)), floor((available glue)/(glue per chair)))

... = min(floor(6/4), floor(12/6))

... = min(1, 2) = 1

The carpenter can build ...

... e. one chair

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