City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2024 Engineering Question 26
Practice objective / multiple choice question 26 from the 2024 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Engineering examination.
A workshop of total area 250 m² is divided into Zone A (120 m²) containing solid‑fuel equipment (fire‑class A) and Zone B (130 m²) containing liquid‑fuel equipment (fire‑class B). For fire‑class A the recommended extinguisher rating is 9 L per 12 m², and for fire‑class B it is 6 L per 9 m². Each extinguisher, regardless of class, can effectively cover at most 30 m² of floor area. The cost of a class A extinguisher is $45 and that of a class B extinguisher is $55. Determine the minimum number of extinguishers of each class that must be installed to satisfy both the volume‑rating and the coverage requirements, and compute the total minimum cost.
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This is City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2024 Engineering Question 26. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Engineering examination.
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