A chalk company gets an order for 3000 boxes of chalk at the beginning of the school year, the largest order they have ever rece

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A chalk company gets an order for 3000 boxes of chalk at the beginning of the school year, the largest order they have ever rece

ived. Each box contains 145 grams of chalk. If the efficiency of their chalk production process is 82% and the theoretical yield of the production process is 400,000 grams, will they make their goal?

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VMariaS [2.9K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-08T02:14:35+03:00

The chalk production's efficiency is noted to be 82 %

To determine this efficiency, we utilize the formula,

% Efficiency $=\frac{Actual yield (g)}{Theoretical yield (g)} *100$

Finding the actual yield based on % efficiency and the theoretical yield:

82 % $=\frac{Actual yield}{400,000 g} * 100$

Actual yield = $\frac{82 *400000 g}{100} = 32,800 g$

Each box contains 145 grams of chalk

Total boxes = $32800 g *\frac{1 box}{145 g} = 2262 boxes$

The chalk box company aims to produce 3000 boxes. However, with 82 % efficiency, they can only produce 2262 boxes, thus falling short of their target.