Automakers’, Inc. is a car manufacturer and currently has three operational plants cleverly named Plant A, Plant B and Plant C. Plant A can produce 100 cars a day. Plant B can produce 80 cars a day. Plant C can produce only 70 cars a day. If all three plants are running at full production capacity, how many days are needed to produce 1600 cars? ( a fraction of a day is permitted)
Look at how many cars are made by all 3 plants in one day. Add up those amounts, then divide 1600 by that number. Your equation should look like this: 1600÷ (100+80+70)=Amount of days needed.
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To find the number of days needed to produce 1600 cars, we need to determine the combined production capacity of all three plants per day.
- Plant A can produce 100 cars per day.
- Plant B can produce 80 cars per day.
- Plant C can produce 70 cars per day.
To find the total daily production capacity, we sum up the individual capacities:
100 cars + 80 cars + 70 cars = 250 cars per day
Since the combined production capacity is 250 cars per day, we can calculate the number of days needed to produce 1600 cars by dividing the total number of cars by the daily production capacity:
1600 cars ÷ 250 cars/day = 6.4 days
Therefore, it would take approximately 6.4 days to produce 1600 cars if all three plants are running at full production capacity.