At general Electric, shift 1 produced 4 times as much as shift 2. General Electricís total production for July was 5,500 jet engines. What was the output for each shift.
I can not figure this out could someone help please.
You can see it as if shift one produced 4 parts and shift 2 one part. Total is 5 parts. Therefore, shift one produced 4400 engines and shift 2 1100.
If shift one produced x and sift two y, the total production was
you also know that x=4y, substitute and you get
5y=5500 => y=1100