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Project A involves performing a Quality Control check on 200 boxes of documents. It is estimated that the project will take 20 employees 40 working days each to complete. However, when the project starts, there are only 16 employees available.

(a) After 15 working days, how many of the boxes will have been completed, assuming that employees are working to the required level of productivity?

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Let


x = the number of days one employee needs to complete


200/x boxes per day = the rate of each employee


20*(200/x) = 200/40

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x = 800 days


(a) After 15 working days, how many of the boxes will have been completed, assuming that employees are working to the required level of productivity?


16*(200/800)*15 = 60


60 box will be completed.