Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: set traps and build bombs.If Tom spends all day setting traps,he will have set 16 traps.If he instead devotes his day to building bombs,Tom will build 4 bombs.If Jerry spends his day setting traps,he will set 14 traps;if he spends the day building bombs,he will build 7 bombs.At the end of the day,Tom could have:
A)either 16 traps and 4 bombs,or 8 traps and 2 bombs.
B)either 8 traps and 2 bombs,or 4 traps and 6 bombs.
C)either 8 traps and 2 bombs,or 4 traps and 4 bombs.
D)either 12 traps and 3 bombs,or 8 traps and 3 bombs.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

From the given information, we know that if Tom sets traps all day, he will set 16 traps. If he builds bombs all day, he will build 4 bombs.

If Tom sets traps for half the day and builds bombs for the other half, we can assume that he will set 8 traps and build 2 bombs, since he is splitting his time evenly between the two tasks.

Therefore, the possible combinations of traps and bombs for Tom are: 
- 16 traps and 4 bombs (if he sets traps all day)
- 8 traps and 2 bombs (if he splits his time between traps and bombs)

Since the question asks for either one of these combinations, the answer is C) either 8 traps and 2 bombs, or 4 traps and 4 bombs.

Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day