The Number of Tons, N, of a Product Produced at a Factory

question 14

Multiple Choice

The number of tons, N, of a product produced at a factory in a day is a function of the number of workers, w, and the number of hours worked, h. We have . Which of the following equations tells us that when the factory has 9 workers who work for 12 hours, adding one additional hour will cause the amount produced to go up by about 44 tons?

• A)f_w
• B)f_h
• C)f_w
• D)f_h

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