Question

Jackson Assembly has 11 assemblers. Each assembler can process 19,000 orders in a year. Last year, 200,000 orders were processed. Determine the unused capacity in terms of the number of orders processed.

a. 11,000 orders
b. 9,000 orders
c. 13,000 orders
d. 7,000 orders

Answer 1

The unused capacity of the Jackson Assembly is 9,000 orders, calculated by subtracting the number of orders processed last year (200,000) from the total capacity (209,000).

Step-by-step explanation:

The question requires calculating the unused capacity of the Jackson Assembly in terms of the number of orders processed. First, determine the total capacity of the assembly by multiplying the number of assemblers by the number of orders one assembler can process in a year. With 11 assemblers each capable of processing 19,000 orders, the total capacity is 209,000 orders per year.

However, only 200,000 orders were processed last year. To find the unused capacity, subtract the actual processed orders from the total capacity, which yields 9,000 orders as the unused capacity. Thus, the correct answer is 'b. 9,000 orders'.