For each hour of production, a certain factory requires 1 assembly line worker for every 25 units to...

For each hour of production, a certain factory requires 1 assembly line worker for every 25 units to be produced in that hour. The factory also requires 14 managers regardless of the number of units to be produced. Which of the following expressions represents the total number of assembly line workers and managers that this factory requires to produce 50N in one hour, where N is a positive integer?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

14 + 2N

Steps/Work

25 units = 1 worker;
50N units = 50N/25 = 2N workers.
So, the answer is 2N workers plus 14 managers.
Answer: E.