Question 196873: You have 6 printing presses that made 5000 copies in 6 hours. How many hours would it take 3 printing presses to print 3000 copies Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have 6 printing presses that made 5000 copies in 6 hours. How many hours would it take 3 printing presses to print 3000 copies
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# of hours is directly related to # of copies and inversely related to # of presses
Equation:
# of hrs = k[# of copies/# of presses]
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Find "k"
6 hrs = k[5000/6 presses]
k = 6*6/5000 = 0.0072
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So the equation for your problem is the following
# of hrs = 0.0072[# of copies/# of presses]
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How many hours would it take 3 printing presses to print 3000 copies
# of hrs = 0.0072[3000/3]
# of hrs = 7.2 hrs
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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