A machine shop produces metal brackets on two different machines. Machine 1 can produce a bracket every 10 minutes. Machine 2 can produce a bracket every 4 minutes. What is the average productivity per machine?

10.5 is the average productivity per machine.

Explanation:

To calculate the average productivity per machine, the following steps will be taken

Step 1: Calculate the number of brackets produced per hour for Machine 1

The formula is 60 Minutes (total number of minutes in an hour) / 10 Minutes (total time it takes to produce a bracket)

=60/10 = Machine 1 can produce 6 brackets per hour

Step 2: Calculate the number of brackets produced per hour for Machine 2

The same step as machine 1 in step 1 is also taken

= 60 Minutes / 4 Minutes = Machine 2 can produce 15 brackets per hour.

Step 3: Now calculate the average productivity per machine

To do this, add the number of bracket produced by each machine and divide by 2

= 6 + 15 = 21/2

= 10.5

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