Working at the same constant rate, artisans can produce sets of silverware in an hour. How many sets of silverware could artisans create in hours at the same constant rate?
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Wait, this one is actually doable for me. If 2 artisans make 10 sets in an hour, each artisan makes 5 sets per hour, right? Then just multiply by 6 and by 5.
Yes exactly, that's the cleanest way. Took me a second to realize they gave us the per-hour rate already.
I set it up as a proportion and it also worked out fine.
Why does it feel like the answer choices are trying to bait me into stopping early? I got a number for 6 artisans in ONE hour and almost picked it.
Classic trap, the question asks for 5 hours. Don't forget the last step.
Is this really sub-505? Honestly felt like a nice confidence boost after the hard rate problems I've been missing.
Agreed, this is one of the friendlier work-rate questions. The wording is straightforward once you see the per-artisan output.
Quick strategy note: for these uniform-rate problems I like to find the rate of ONE worker first, then scale. Way less error-prone than doing 2 artisans to 6 artisans and hours all at once.
Same here, one-worker rate is my go-to for almost every rate question.
What it tests
Your ability to combine individual work rates, usually by working with the fraction of a job completed per unit of time.
Common trap
Adding the times instead of the rates, or forgetting to take the reciprocal when combining rates.