Refer to this product tree: If 17 Ps are needed, and on-hand inventory consists of 10 As, 15 Bs, 20 Cs, 12 Ms, and 5 Ns, how many Cs are needed?
A) 48
B) 144
C) 192
D) 212
E) 272

Question

Refer to this product tree:  If 17 Ps are needed, and on-hand inventory consists of 10 As, 15 Bs, 20 Cs, 12 Ms, and 5 Ns, how many Cs are needed?
A) 48 
B) 144 
C) 192 
D) 212 
E) 272

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To produce 17 Ps, we need 17 Cs. 
Since we have 20 Cs on-hand, we still need 17 - 20 = -3 Cs. This means we actually have excess inventory of Cs and do not need to order any more. Therefore, the answer is 0 Cs needed.

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