in a manufacturing plant , it takes 36 machines 8 hours of continuous work to fill 8 standard orders . at this rate , how many hours of continuous work by 72 machines are required to fill 12 standard orders ?
"the choices give away the answer . . 36 machines take 4 hours to fill 8 standard orders . . in next eq we aredoubling the machines from 36 to 72 , but thework is not doubling ( only 1 1 / 2 times ) , = 8 * 36 / 72 * 12 / 8 = 6 ans b"
divide(divide(multiply(multiply(36, 12), 8), 72), 8)