SOLUTION: A printing machine can print 250 flyers per minute. A folding machine can fold the flyers at the rate of 5 per second. If 6 printing machines were being used to print the flyers,
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Question 821903: A printing machine can print 250 flyers per minute. A folding machine can fold the flyers at the rate of 5 per second. If 6 printing machines were being used to print the flyers, then _______ folding machines would be needed to keep up with the 6 printing machines.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 per second =5*60=300 per minute
6*250=300x
6*25=30x
25=5x
x=5 folding machines
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