SOLUTION: One news carrier can deliver 75 newspapers in 2 hours. How many newspapers can 4 news carriers deliver in 3 hours?
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Question 469661: One news carrier can deliver 75 newspapers in 2 hours. How many newspapers can 4 news carriers deliver in 3 hours?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One news carrier can deliver 75 newspapers in 2 hours. How many newspapers can 4 news carriers deliver in 3 hours?
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# of papers delivered is directly related to time and # of carriers
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p = k*t*c
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Solve for "k" using "one carrier can deliver 75 papers in 2 hrs"
75 = k*2*1
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k = 37.5
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Equation:
p = 37.5*tc
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Solve "How many newspapers can 4 news carriers deliver in 3 hours?"
# of papers = 37.5*3*4 = 450
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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