Company T produces two kinds of stereos: basic and deluxe. Of the stereos produced by Company T last month, 2/3 were basic and the rest were deluxe. If it takes 7/5 as many hours to produce a deluxe stereo as it does to produce a basic stereo, then the number of hours it took to produce the deluxe stereos last month was what fraction of the total number of hours it took to produce all the stereos?  Choose the correct answer: A) 5/17 B) 7/17 C) 4/17 D) 3/17 E) 5
# of basic stereos was 2/3 of total and # of deluxe stereos was 1/3 of total, let's assume total=15, then Basic=10 and Deluxe=5.   Now, if time needed to produce one Deluxe stereo is 1 unit than time needed to produce one Basic stereo would be 7/5 units. Total time for Basic would be  10*1= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 10*1</gadget>
<output>10</output>
10 and total time for Deluxe would be 5*7/5= 
<gadget id="calculator">5*7/5</gadget>
<output>7</output>
7 --&gt; total time for both of them would be 10+7= 
<gadget id="calculator">10+7</gadget>
<output>17</output>
17 --&gt; deluxe/total=7/17.   7/17
<result>B</result>
Company T produces two kinds of stereos: basic and deluxe. Of the stereos produced by Company T last month, 2/3 were basic and the rest were deluxe. If it takes 7/5 as many hours to produce a deluxe stereo as it does to produce a basic stereo, then the number of hours it took to produce the deluxe stereos last month was what fraction of the total number of hours it took to produce all the stereos?