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Question 39717: Could you help me solve this problem?
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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Sher
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2 hours x 3600 sec/hour = 7200 sec
.5s + .1s = .6s
7200/.6 = 72000/6 = 12000 2L bottles can be filles in 2 hours