If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
5 minutes
If 5 machines take 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, then each individual machine makes 1 widget in 5 minutes, meaning each machine has a rate of 1 widget per 5 minutes.
Since every machine works independently at this same rate, adding more machines does not change the time any single machine takes to produce its own widget.
With 100 machines working simultaneously, each machine makes its own 1 widget in the same 5 minutes, so 100 machines produce 100 widgets in 5 minutes.
Hence, the answer is 5 minutes.
Important Questions from Critical Reasoning
Directions: A statement is given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statement.
Statement: Many students are addicted to mobile games and this leads to poor academic performance.
Inference:
I. Many Students are not paying attention to studies due to mobile games.
II. It is only because of mobile games that students fail in the examination.
'Little knowledge is a dangerous thing' is a decision based on:
It is better to spend the leftovers after saving. Financial discipline and self-control can make you rich. Saving money after spending is not a good habit. Which among the following statements is true as per the statement?
A. If you spend first then you will be spendy.
B. If you save before spending, you will become rich.
C. If you spend before saving, you will be poor.
D. Saving by borrowing is a bad habit.
Which of the following is the assumption for the claim that 'Pleasure is desirable'?
Read the given statements carefully and answer the questions.
Fear of danger is more dangerous than danger itself. Risk is directly proportional= to danger
Which of the following are true according to the given statements?
A. Fear is worse than any fearful threat.
B. There is a trade-off between risk and danger.
C. There should be fear of danger.
D. There is no need to take risks to overcome any danger.
