Question

A company has two manufacturing plants with daily production levels of 8x + 16 items and 4x - 12 items, respectively, where x represents a minimum quantity. The first plant produces how many more items daily than the second plant?

a) 8x + 4
b) 4x + 28
c) 4x + 4
d) 4x - 28

Answer 1

The first plant produces 4x + 28 more items daily than the second plant.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first plant produces 8x + 16 items daily, while the second plant produces 4x - 12 items daily. To find how many more items the first plant produces than the second plant, we need to subtract the second plant's production from the first plant's production:

(8x + 16) - (4x - 12) = 8x + 16 - 4x + 12 = 4x + 28

Therefore, the first plant produces 4x + 28 more items daily than the second plant.