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Research shows the United States uses 45,000 water bottles every 30 seconds. At this rate, how many water bottles are used in the United States in 45 seconds?

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Answer:

67500 bottles

Explanation:

The rate of use of water bottles is 45000bottles/30sec

the unit rate of use of water bottles is 1500bottles/1sec

multiply by 45 to get the number of bottles used in 45 seconds

1500/1sec *45sec=67500 bottles

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