Question

Carla and June are team leaders at a construction company. The table displays the number of months their teams need to build two types of projects.

Single-family homeCommercial retail spaceCarla's team36June's team45
How many single family homes will be built in 15 months with specialization?

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

Answer 1

In 15 months with specialization, Carla's and June's teams combined will build 8 single-family homes; 5 by Carla's team and 3 by June's team.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many single-family homes will be built in 15 months by Carla's and June's teams, assuming they specialize in this project type. Carla's team can build a single-family home in 3 months, and June's team can build one in 4.5 months. If both teams specialize exclusively in single-family homes, in 15 months:
Carla's team will build 15 months / 3 (months/home) = 5 homes.
June's team will build 15 months / 4.5 (months/home) = approximately 3.33 homes, but since you can't build a fraction of a home in this context, we'll assume they only complete 3 homes.
Therefore, combined, the teams will build 5 (Carla's team) + 3 (June's team) = 8 single-family homes.