Question

The Shady Farm Milk Company can process milk at a fixed rate of 5000 gallons/hour. The company’s clients request 103000 gallons of milk over the course of one day. This demand is spread out uniformly from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. The company starts producing at 8 a.m. and continues to work until all of the demand has been satisfied. On average how long does a client wait to receive their product? Round your answer to the nearest integer. hours

Answer 1

On average, the client will have to wait for 20.6 hours to receive their product

Step-by-step explanation:

The client will receive their order after their request has been fully processed. This can be expressed as;

Total quantity to be processed=fixed processing rate×number of processing hours

where;

Total quantity to be processed=103000 gallons

fixed processing rate=5000 gallons/hour

number of processing hours=h

replacing;

103,000=5,000×h

h=103,000/5,000

h=20.6

On average, the client will have to wait for 20.6 hours to receive their product