Problem: machine x takes 80 hours longer than machine y to produce 1080 widgets . machine y produces 20 percent more widgets in an hour than machine x does in an hour . how many widgets per hour does machine x produce
Rationale: "machine y produces 20 percent more widgets in an hour than machine x does in an hour . so if machine x produces 100 widgets , then machine y produces 120 widgets . ratio of 120 / 100 = 6 / 5 . this is their speed of work ( y : x ) . i . e . speed of their work ( x : y ) = 5 / 6 now , time is inversely proportional to speed . hence the ratio of the time spent ( x : y ) = 6 / 5 let us assume that they spend 6 x and 5 x hours . given that 6 x - 5 x = 80 so , x = 80 . hence 6 x = 6 * 80 = 480 hours . hence x takes 120 hours to produce 1080 widgets . so , in 1 hour , it can produce ( 1 * 1080 ) / 480 = 2.25 hence option ( e ) ."
annotated_formula: divide(1080, multiply(divide(80, const_10), 80))