Question 4 You are standing outside Thomas Bus Manufacturing Company, watching o

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Question 4 You are standing outside Thomas Bus Manufacturing Company, watching one finished school bus roll off their assembly line every 18 minutes. An employee taking a break nearby, proudly states: "We build 40 of those buses every day, Monday through Friday. Based on what you see and have been told, which is mostly true about Thomas Bus Manufacturing Company? O Thomas Bus operates 40 hours a week O Thomas Bus operates 10 hours a week. O Thomas Bus operates 10 hours a day O Thomas Bus operates 8 hours a day Thomas Bus operates 60 hours a week

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Answer: - Option "5" --- Thomas Bus operates 60 hours a week

Explanation: - Given data

One finished school bus roll off their assembly line every = 18 minutes

No.of buses build every day is = 40 buses

Total time taken to build 40 buses is = 18*40 = 720 minutes

Converting those minutes in to hours we get Operating time 12 hours/day (where 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes)

From the given data Thomas Bus Company operates Five days a week (Monday to Friday)

Time taken to operate a week by Thomas bus company = 5*12 = 60 hours a week

Finally, Thomas Bus manufacturing company operates 60 hours a week is true among given options.

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