Hugo can fold a small box in 3 seconds and a medium one in twice that time. Tom can fold both the small and medium boxes in 4 seconds. If Hugo and Tom want to leave as early as possible, how long (in seconds) will it take them to fold 2400 small boxes and 1800 medium boxes?
How many seconds does it take Hugo to fold a medium box? ** If it takes Hugo twice the amount of time to fold a medium box than a small box, then he needs 2*3 = <<6=6>>6 seconds for the medium box
How many seconds does Tom take to fold a medium box? ** If Tom can fold either the small or medium box in 4 seconds, then he's faster at folding the medium box than Hugo because 4s < 6s
How many seconds does Hugo take to fold a small box? ** If Hugo can fold the small box in 3 seconds, then he's faster at folding the small boxes than Tom because 3s < 4s
How many boxes should Tom and Hugo fold? ** Therefore Hugo should fold all small boxes and Tom should fold all the medium ones before doing the other size where they are slower
How many seconds does it take Hugo to fold all boxes? ** If there are 2400 small boxes and Hugo can fold 1 box in 3 seconds, then it would take him 2400*3 = <<2400*3=7200>>7200 seconds to fold all boxes
How many seconds does it take Tom to fold all medium boxes? ** If there are 1800 medium boxes and Tom can fold 1 box in 4 seconds, then it would take him 1800*4 = <<1800*4=7200>>7200 seconds to fold all medium boxes
How many seconds will it take Tom and Hugo to fold all the boxes? ** Given that they need the same amount of time to fold all boxes, and are doing it simultaneously they will need 7200 seconds to fold all the boxes
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