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If a shredding company can destroy 1 box of paper every 2 minutes, how long would it take them to destroy 231 boxes?

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If they can destroy 1 box every 2 minutes then it will take 462 minutes/7 hours and 42 minutes. just take 231 and times it by two.
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462, If you have 231 boxes and it takes 2 minutes to destroy each on that equals 231 times 2 or 462
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