SOLUTION: a machine produces 369 bolts in 36 minutes. At this rate, how many bolts would be produced in 32 minutes?

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Question 773742: a machine produces 369 bolts in 36 minutes. At this rate, how many bolts would be produced in 32 minutes?
Answer by trx1150(14)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's begin by finding how many bolts the machine produces in 1 minute. If the machine produces 369 bolts in 36 minutes, it prouduces bolts in 1 minute. bolts per minute.

Now that we know how many bolts the machine produces in one minute, we can multiply that number by 32 minutes to find out how many bolts are produced in 32 minutes.


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