document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=462341>Question 462341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a sausage-making machine produces 3000 sausages in h hours, how many sausages can it produce in m minutes?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: I can plug in numbers, but am struggling to set this problem up algebraically. I think I'm solving for s, in terms of m....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 5 possible answers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. m/50h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.50h/m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. mh/50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. 50m/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. 50mh\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can plug in values to see which one works (d works), but would love to figure out how to solve this problem through the use of algebra... </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #316960 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=316960\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a sausage-making machine produces 3000 sausages in h hours, how many sausages can it produce in m minutes? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m minutes = (m/60) hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of sausages in m minutes be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/(m/60) = 3000/h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = (m/60)(3000/h)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 50m/h sausages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: d<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: I can plug in numbers, but am struggling to set this problem up algebraically. I think I'm solving for s, in terms of m....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 5 possible answers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. m/50h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.50h/m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. mh/50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. 50m/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. 50mh <BR>\n" );
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