SOLUTION: In a bottling company, a machine can fill a 2-liter (L) bottle in 0.5 second (s) and move the next bottle into place in 0.1 s. How many 2-L bottles can be filled by the machine in

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Question 110412: In a bottling company, a machine can fill a 2-liter (L) bottle in 0.5 second (s) and move the next bottle into place in 0.1 s. How many 2-L bottles can be filled by the machine in 2 h?
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a bottling company, a machine can fill a 2-liter (L) bottle in 0.5 second (s) and move the next bottle into place in 0.1 s. How many 2-L bottles can be filled by the machine in 2 h?
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Time between bottles 0.5 + 0.1 = 0.6 seconds
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2hrs = 2*3600 seconds = 7200 seconds
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7200/0.6 = 12000 bottles
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2 hrs=2*60^2=7200 sec
7200/6=1200 bottles
Ed

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