A manufacturer can produce 112 shirts per hour If a work day

A manufacturer can produce 112 shirts per hour. If a work day is 8 hours, how many shirts can be produced in 3.5 days?

A. 392

B. 1,125

C. 1,236

D. 3,136

Solution

D. Set this up as a proportion. If 112 shirts can be produced in 1 hour, then [x] shirts can be produced in 8 hours. The proportion would look like this:112/1=x/8. Cross-multiply and solve for x. 1x= 896. So 896 shirts can be produced in one 8-hour day. The question asks how many can be produced in 3.5 days, so multiply 896 by 3.5 to get the final answer of 3,136.