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This means that since Amy, Bomani, and Charlie worked for the entire <math>105</math> minutes, they in total packed <math>\dfrac{105}{3}\cdot10=350</math> packages.
 
This means that since Amy, Bomani, and Charlie worked for the entire <math>105</math> minutes, they in total packed <math>\dfrac{105}{3}\cdot10=350</math> packages.
  
Since <math>450</math> packages were packed in total, then Daria must have packed <math>450-350=100</math> packages in total, and since he packs at a rate of <math>5</math> packages per <math>4</math> minutes, then Daria worked for <math>\dfrac{100}{5}\cdot4=80</math> minutes, therefore Daria joined <math>80</math> minutes before <math>2:45</math> PM, which was at <math>\boxed{\text{(A) }2:45\text{ PM}}</math>
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Since <math>450</math> packages were packed in total, then Daria must have packed <math>450-350=100</math> packages in total, and since he packs at a rate of <math>5</math> packages per <math>4</math> minutes, then Daria worked for <math>\dfrac{100}{5}\cdot4=80</math> minutes, therefore Daria joined <math>80</math> minutes before <math>2:45</math> PM, which was at <math>\boxed{\text{(A) }1:25\text{ PM}}</math>
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Problem

Amy, Bomani, Charlie, and Daria work in a chocolate factory. On Monday Amy, Bomani, and Charlie started working at $1:00 PM$ and were able to pack $4$, $3$, and $3$ packages, respectively, every $3$ minutes. At some later time, Daria joined the group, and Daria was able to pack $5$ packages every $4$ minutes. Together, they finished packing $450$ packages at exactly $2:45 PM$. At what time did Daria join the group?

$\textbf{(A) }1:25 PM\qquad\textbf{(B) }1:35PM\qquad\textbf{(C) }1:45PM\qquad\textbf{(D) }1:55PM\qquad\textbf{(E) }2:05PM$

Solution 1

Note that Amy, Bomani, and Charlie pack a total of $4+3+3=10$ packages every $3$ minutes.

The total amount of time worked is $1$ hour and $45$ minutes, which when converted to minutes, is $105$ minutes.

This means that since Amy, Bomani, and Charlie worked for the entire $105$ minutes, they in total packed $\dfrac{105}{3}\cdot10=350$ packages.

Since $450$ packages were packed in total, then Daria must have packed $450-350=100$ packages in total, and since he packs at a rate of $5$ packages per $4$ minutes, then Daria worked for $\dfrac{100}{5}\cdot4=80$ minutes, therefore Daria joined $80$ minutes before $2:45$ PM, which was at $\boxed{\text{(A) }1:25\text{ PM}}$ ~Tacos_are_yummy_1