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.If Tom divides his time evenly between activities,and acts efficiently,he will produce:
A)16 traps and 4 bombs.
B)12 traps and 3 bombs.
C)8 traps and 2 bombs.
D)4 traps and 3 bombs.

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If Tom divides his time evenly, he will spend half the day on each task. Therefore, he will set 8 traps (half of 16) and build 2 bombs (half of 4).

Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day