If an oven can cook 3 thin crust pizzas in an hour or 1 deep dish pizza in an hour, how long is required to make 12 thin crust pizzas and 4 deep dish pizzas?

To determine how long is needed to make 12 thin crust pizzas and 4 deep dish pizzas, we can break down the cooking times for each type of pizza based on the oven's capacity.

The oven can cook 3 thin crust pizzas in 1 hour. For 12 thin crust pizzas, we calculate the time as follows:

• 12 thin crust pizzas ÷ 3 thin crust pizzas per hour = 4 hours for the thin crust pizzas.

Next, the oven can cook 1 deep dish pizza in 1 hour. For 4 deep dish pizzas, the time required will be:

• 4 deep dish pizzas ÷ 1 deep dish pizza per hour = 4 hours for the deep dish pizzas.

Since both tasks can occur simultaneously in the oven, we take the longer amount of time. Both the cooking of the thin crust and deep dish pizzas will occur at the same time, but we must consider the total hour needed based on the operation limits.

In this case, it takes 4 hours for thin crust pizzas, and 4 hours for deep dish pizzas. When scheduling the cooking times judiciously, if you start cooking pizzas simultaneously, the total cooking will be effectively balanced within the capacity of the oven utilization