Question

Due to evaporation during production, Plano Plastics Company requires 2 pounds of material input for every 1 pounds of good plastic sheets manufactured. During May, the company produced 5,500 pounds of good sheets.

Compute the total standard allowed input quantity, given the good output produced.

Answer 1

11,000 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the company requires 2 pounds of material input for every 1 pounds of good plastic sheets manufactured, it means that the number of pounds of good plastic sheets manufactured multiplied by two gives the the total standard allowed input quantity that results in the quantity of output.

If the the company produced 5,500 pounds of good sheets in May, the total standard allowed input quantity

= 5500 * 2

= 11,000 pounds