At an Iron factory, each employee working the second shift produced 2/3 as many widgets as each employee working the first shift. If the first shift has 3/4 as many employees, what fraction of the total widgets did the second shift produce?  Pick one
A) 8/17
B) 1/2
C) 8/9
D) 9/8
E) 17/8
At an Iron factory, Let the first shift have 3 employee and each produce 3 widgets, so the total number of widgets produced by the first shift is 3*3= 
<gadget id="calculator">3*3</gadget>
<output>9</output>
9;   Then the second shift would have 4 employees and each second shift employee would produce   3*2/3= 
<gadget id="calculator">  3*2/3</gadget>
<output>2</output>
2 widgets, so the total number of widgets produced by the second shift employees would be   4*2= 
<gadget id="calculator">  4*2</gadget>
<output>8</output>
8;   The ratio of the second shift production to the total is 8/(9+8)=8/17.   8/17nswer: 8/17.
<result>A</result>
At an Iron factory, each employee working the second shift produced 2/3 as many widgets as each employee working the first shift. If the first shift has 3/4 as many employees, what fraction of the total widgets did the second shift produce?