A furniture manufacturer has two machines, but only one can be used at a time. Machine K is utilized during the first shift and Machine B during the second shift, while both work half of the third shift. If Machine K can do the job in 12 days working two shifts and Machine B can do the job in 15 days working two shifts, how many days will it take to do the job with the current work schedule? Answers:
A) 14	B) 13	C) 11	D) 9	E) 7
'Approximately' could actually make such a question ambiguous. Not this one though but a similar question with the answer as 9.2 days. You round off 8.89 days as 9 days and everything is fine in this question. What do you do when you get 9.2 days? Do you need 9 days or 10 days? Can you round off 9.2 as 9 even though that is what you do with numbers? No, because in 9 days your work is not over. You do need 10 days.   To finish a work say Machine K you need to work full 9 days and a part of the 10th day. If I ask you how many days do you need to complete the work, will you say 9 or 10? You will say 10 even if you don't use the 10th day fully=9
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A furniture manufacturer has two machines, but only one can be used at a time. Machine K is utilized during the first shift and Machine B during the second shift, while both work half of the third shift. If Machine K can do the job in 12 days working two shifts and Machine B can do the job in 15 days working two shifts, how many days will it take to do the job with the current work schedule?