Can someone help? Gmat question!

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Working simultaneously and independently at an identical constant rate, 4 machines of a certain type can produce a total of x units of product P in 6 days. How many of these machines working simultaneously and independently at this constant rate can produce a total of 3x units of product P in 4 days!
 
4 machines produce x units in 6 days [MATH]\implies[/MATH] 1 machine produces x/4 units in 6 days [MATH]\implies [/MATH] 1 machine produces x units in 24 days.

Let n be the number of machines ...

[MATH]n \cdot \dfrac{x}{24} = \dfrac{3x}{4}[/MATH]
 
Working simultaneously and independently at an identical constant rate, 4 machines of a certain type can produce a total of x units of product P in 6 days. How many of these machines working simultaneously and independently at this constant rate can produce a total of 3x units of product P in 4 days!
You could just count machine-days. How many does it take to produce x units? How many does it take to produce 3x units? How many machines will do that many machine-days of work in 4 days?
 
4 machines produce x units in 6 days [MATH]\implies[/MATH] 1 machine produces x/4 units in 6 days [MATH]\implies [/MATH] 1 machine produces x units in 24 days.

Let n be the number of machines ...

[MATH]n \cdot \dfrac{x}{24} = \dfrac{3x}{4}[/MATH]
Hi Skeeter! Can you finish the problem?
 
Hi Skeeter! Can you finish the problem?
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Hi Skeeter! Can you finish the problem?
It seems that you are saying that you could not proceed further beyond skeeters response. Let us try to help by digging a little deeper

What did the problem ask you to find?

Please re-write the equation that skeeter had derived for you?

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Working simultaneously and independently at an identical constant rate 4 machines of a certain type can produce a total of x units of product P in 6 days! How many of these machines working simultaneously and independently at this constant rate can produce a total of 3x units of product P in 4 days? This is the question being asked! Skeeter didn’t finish explaining the problem so I don’t know how to calculate the number of machines it took to produce 3x units of product P in 4 days. Please help!
 
n.x/24=3x/24
This is the equation skeeter gave me!
What does 'n' stand for in the equation above?

Starting in the begining, without looking at response #2,

can you re-derive Skeeter's equation?
 
n is the number of machines!
Correct.

Can you re-derive skeeter's equation - from your original post? Before doing that study response #2 (made by skeeter) carefully - making sure you understand each step. If you do not understand any step - tell exactly where you are stuck.
 
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