SOLUTION: 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 i

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Question 88961: 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?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are (60 min/hr)(60sec/min) = 3600 sec/hr, so there are
7200 sec/ 2 hrs
A 2 liter bottle is filled in .1 sec to move it
in place and .5 sec to fill it or .6 sec/bottle
The reciprocal is 1/.6 bottles/sec or 5/3 bottles/sec
(7200 sec/2 hrs)(5/3 bottles/sec) = 12000 bottles/2 hrs