A dishwasher cleans 1350 dishes in 1 hour . How many dishes will it wash in 16 more minutes.....please explain the method

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asked Nov 10, 2020 163k views

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Torxed · Answer 1 · 2020-11-15T20:49:22+0000

1 hour = 60 minutes

The dishwasher operates at a rate of 1350 dishes per hour, which reduces to 1350/60 = 22.5 dishes per minute.

So in 16 minutes, it can clean (16 minutes)*(22.5 dishes/minute) = 360 dishes.