Question

All the fudge machines at a chocolate factory work at the same rate. Six machines working simultaneously can complete a big order in 22 hours. How many hours would it take to fill the order if the number of working machines decreased by factor of 4?

Answer 1

88 hours

Explanation:

Since we are decreasing the number of machines by a factor of four and all the machines work at the same rate, we are simply going to increase the work hours by a factor of 4

Increasing the work hours by a factor of 4 will yield 22 * 4 = 88 hours

So it will take 88 hours to fill the order if the number of machines is deceased by a factor of 4