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At general Electric, shift 1 produced 4 times as much as shift 2. General Electric’s total production for July was 5,500 jet engines. What was the output for each shift.

Originally Posted by jjen1978

At general Electric, shift 1 produced 4 times as much as shift 2. General Electric’s total production for July was 5,500 jet engines. What was the output for each shift.

Call shift one's production x. How can we relate both productions to the total of 5500?

" At general Electric, shift 1 produced 4 times as much as shift 2. General Electric’s total production for July was 5,500 jet engines. What was the output for each shift."

Let x = production of shift 2.
So, 4*x = 4x = production of shift 1.

x +4x = 5500
5x = 5500
x = 5500/5 = 1100 engines

Therefore,
Output of shift2 was x = 1100 engines.
Output of shift1 was 4x = 4(1100) = 4400 engines.

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