SOLUTION: If 11 bakers can make 89 pretzels in 2.5 hours, then how many pretzels can 5.75 bakers make in 1.5 hours? Thank you

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Question 988072: If 11 bakers can make 89 pretzels in 2.5 hours, then how many pretzels can 5.75 bakers make in 1.5 hours?
Thank you

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let R be the rate of one baker.


So then,




or in decimal,

We can round up to


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