SOLUTION: 1.How many inmates are needed to finish washing 600 dishes in an hour if it takes three inmates to wash five dishes within a minute?
2. Six inmates can sort 1,221 laundry items
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Question 1022885: 1.How many inmates are needed to finish washing 600 dishes in an hour if it takes three inmates to wash five dishes within a minute?
2. Six inmates can sort 1,221 laundry items in one and a half hours. What is the average number of laundry items that an inmate can sort in five minutes?
Answer by ikleyn(52879) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2. Six inmates can sort 1,221 laundry items in one and a half hours.
What is the average number of laundry items that an inmate can sort in five minutes?
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an hour = 90 minutes.
Then the proportion is
= ,
which says that the rate is the same in both situations ( the rate measures in ).
First simplify the proportion
= ,
then solve it for x = = 11.3.
Answer. The number under the question is 11.3.
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