Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 92

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: make dishes and build fences.If Tom spends all day making dishes,he will have make 16 dishes.If he instead devotes his day to building fences,Tom will build 4 fences.If Jerry spends his day making dishes,he will make 14 dishes; if he spends the day building fences,he will build 7 fences.If Tom divides his time evenly between activities and acts efficiently,he will produce:

• A) 16 dishes and 4 fences.
• B) 12 dishes and 3 fences.
• C) 8 dishes and 2 fences.
• D) 4 dishes and 3 fences.

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