A local dairy has three machines to fill half-gallon milk cartons. The machines can fill the daily quota in 3 hrs, 14 hrs, and 10.5 hrs, respectively. Find how long it takes to fill the daily quota if all three machines are running.

Answer :

Answer

It will take 2 hours to fill the daily quota if all the machines are running.

Explanation

To find how long it takes to fill the daily quota if all the machines are running, we use the relation below:

Rate of machine 1 + Rate of machine 2 + Rate of machine 3 = Total rate of the machines

[tex]\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{14}+\frac{1}{10.5}=\frac{1}{x} \\ \text{Where x is the }time\text{ it takes to fill the daily quota} \\ \frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{14}+\frac{2}{21}=\frac{1}{x} \\ \text{Multiply all through by 42x} \\ 42x(\frac{1}{3})+42x(\frac{1}{14})+42x(\frac{2}{21})=42x(\frac{1}{x}) \\ 14x+3x+4x=42 \\ 21x=42 \\ x=\frac{42}{21} \\ x=2 \\ \text{Therefore it will take 2 hours to fill the daily quota} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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