Question

Bueno Mart has a distribution warehouse in Arizona that services their stores in the southwest part of the country. At the Arizona warehouse, they have learned that to keep things running efficiently they need 4 workers for each bay and 3 supervisors for every 54 bay workers. If a new warehouse is being built in North Carolina to service the stores they are opening on the east coast, and the new warehouse is going to have 36 bays, then they will need to hire _____

supervisors to run the new warehouse efficiently.

Answer 1

they will need to hire 8 supervisors to run the new warehouse efficiently.

Explanation:

First we need to identify the number of workers for the 36 bays, so if they need 4 workers for each bay, the how many workers are necessary for 36 bays. This is:

4 workers -------------------- 1 bay

X -------------------- 36 bays

Where X is the number of workers for 36 bays. Solving for X, we get:

`X=(4*36)/(1)=144`

Then, if there are 3 supervisors for 54 bay workers, how many supervisors are required for 144 workers. This is:

3 Supervisor ------------------------ 54 workers

Y ------------------------ 144 workers

Where Y is the number of supervisors for 144 workers. Solving for Y, we get:

`Y=(3*144)/(54)=8`

Finally, they will need to hire 8 supervisors to run the new warehouse efficiently