The auto factory can build thirty-eight new trucks each day . It runs for twenty hours each day. How many trucks can the factory build in the next 30 days ?

Question

The auto factory can build thirty-eight new trucks each day . It runs for twenty hours each day. How many trucks can the factory build in the next 30 days ?

Answer 1

38 trucks = 1 day = 20 hours

 

 

Let find out how many hours in 30 days.

 

30 days = 600 hours

 

 

Now we use the conversion factor

 

38 trucks = 20 hours

 

Use this bolded conversion factor as well as 600 hours to find the number of trucks in 30 days.

 

 

38 / y = 20 / 600

 

 

Solve for y.

 

 

Answer 2

If the factory produces 38 new trucks each day, then in 30 days it can produce:

 

30 x 38 = 1140 new trucks in 30 days (assuming that the factory produces new trucks at a constant rate)