Problem: a furniture manufacturer has two machines , but only one can be used at a time . machine w is utilized during the first shift and machine b during the second shift , while both work half of the third shift . if machine w can do the job in 12 days working two shifts and machine b can do the job in 15 days working two shifts , how many days will it take to do the job with the current work schedule ?
Rationale: ' approximately ' could actually make such a question ambiguous . not this one though but a similar question with the answer as 9.2 days . you round off 8.89 days as 9 days and everything is fine in this question . what do you do when you get 9.2 days ? do you need 9 days or 10 days ? can you round off 9.2 as 9 even though that is what you do with numbers ? no , because in 9 days your work is not over . you do need 10 days . to finish a work machine w say you need to work full 9 days and a part of the 10 th day . if i ask you how many days do you need to complete the work , will you say 9 or 10 ? you will say 10 even if you do n ' t use the 10 th day fully = d
annotated_formula: inverse(add(inverse(divide(multiply(12, const_2), add(const_1, divide(const_1, const_2)))), inverse(divide(multiply(15, const_2), add(const_1, divide(const_1, const_2))))))