Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Economics Question 35

Practice objective / multiple choice question 35 from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Economics examination.

Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Economics Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 35 WAEC_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2020 • ECONOMICS • objective

A construction firm must move 1,200 tonnes of cement from a factory to a site in one day. It can use trucks and trains. • Trucks: each trip carries 10 tonnes and costs ₦5,000 per trip. The firm has 3 trucks, each of which can make at most 8 trips per day. • Trains: each carriage carries 100 tonnes. A train trip can haul up to 5 carriages. The cost of a train trip is a fixed ₦100,000 plus ₦20,000 for each carriage used on that trip. Determine the number of truck trips and the number of train carriages (and how many train trips are needed) that minimise the total transport cost while delivering the whole 1,200 tonnes.

Answer Options

A. Truck trips = 22; Train carriages = 8 (2 train trips of 4 carriages each)
B. Truck trips = 24; Train carriages = 6 (2 train trips of 3 carriages each)
C. Truck trips = 12; Train carriages = 12 (2 train trips of 6 carriages each)
Correct Answer D. Truck trips = 20; Train carriages = 10 (2 train trips of 5 carriages each)
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Truck trips = 20; Train carriages = 10 (2 train trips of 5 carriages each)

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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Economics Question 35. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Economics examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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