A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes?

Question

A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes?

A. 108 rolls

B. 32 rolls

C. 120 rolls

D. 54 rolls

Answer: C

Solution:

Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 10 pieces = 9

Therefore Required number of rolls = (45 x 24)/9

= 120