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At Arihant Prakasham every book goes hrough 3 phases (or stages) typing, composing and binding. There are 16 typists, 10 composers and 15 binders. A typist can type 8 books in each hour, a composer can compose 12 books in each hour and a binder can bind 12 books in each hour. All of the people at Arihant Prakasham works for 10 hours a day and each person is trained to do only the ob of 1 category.How many books can be prepared in each day?

1500
1200
1440
1380

Correct Answer: 1200

Explanation:

T C B

16 10 15

8 12 12

128 120 180 <------- in one hour

1280 1200 1800 <------- in 10 hours

Since, restriction is imposed by composers i.e,since only 1200 books can be composed i 10 hours so not more than 1200 books can be finally pepared.

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