Shah's Quiz Corner 246

1. A DARN LONG ERA: Can you find the name of a famous politician form this anagram?
2. A clock takes one second to strike 2 o'clock. How long it would take to strike 4 o'clock?
3. In a factory Mexican workers can produce 4 units per day and are paid $ 10 per hour. American workers produce 5 units per day and are paid $ 15 per hour. The Texan Factory owner knows that if he hires all the Mexican workers he can save lot of wages. But skilled workers are short and he has to arrange for production of 310 Units of production each day.So he hires maximum number of Mexicans available and also hires quite a few American workers. Thus his labor cost is $ 850 per hour to produce 310 Units. How many Mexican and American workers has he hired? Scroll below for answers.
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1) Ronald Reagan
2) The time taken in striking the first and second chime is one
second. Two seconds later it strikes for third chime and three
seconds later for 4th chimes of 4 o'clock.
3) 40 Mexicans produce 160 units per day and are paid $ 400 per hour
   30 Americans produce 150 Units and are paid $ 450 per hour.
   Thus there are 70 workers who produce 310 units and are paid $ 850
   per hour.
   Solution by simplifying the following equation
   15 A + 10 M = $ 450 and 5 A + 4 M = 310 Units