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Question 867925: Please help me solve this problem.
If it takes a car wash 2 hours and 10 minutes to wash 57 cars, find the time needed to wash 200 cars. Answer in mixed hours and minutes, rounded to the nearest minute.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please help me solve this problem.
If it takes a car wash 2 hours and 10 minutes to wash 57 cars, find the time needed to wash 200 cars. Answer in mixed hours and minutes, rounded to the nearest minute.
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time/cars = time/cars
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t/200 = 130 min/57 cars
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time = 200[130/57]
time = 456.14 min = 7.602 hrs = 7hr +0.602(60)min = 7hr 36 min
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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