SOLUTION: It has been calculated that a large swarm of locusts can eat 3,000 tons of food in a single day. How many days would it take a restaurant to make enough quarter-pound hamburger pat

Question 810662: It has been calculated that a large swarm of locusts can eat 3,000 tons of food in a single day. How many days would it take a restaurant to make enough quarter-pound hamburger patties (no buns) to feed the swarm of locusts for one day if they can make 100 hamburger patties per minute and they work around the clock? Express your answer to the nearest whole number. Note: 1 ton is equal to 2000 pounds.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100 patties =25 lbs
3000*2000/25=240000 minutes=6000 hours =167 days
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