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PLEASE HELP: On the assembly line, Max can process 15 engines in 40 mins. How many engines can he process in 2 hours?

User Ankur Arya
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45 engines in 2 hours
User Santanu Biswas
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Answer:

He can process 45 engines in 2 hours.

Explanation:

2 hours = 120 minutes

You can multiply 3 to 40 because 40x 3 = 120, but you have to do the same to 15, so 15 x 3 = 45.

Or you can divide the engines (15) by minutes (40) to find out how many engines can be processed per minute.

15/40 = 0.375 an engine per minute.

Then multiply that by 120, which is two hours in minutes.

0.375 x 120 = 45

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