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If 1 person can prepare 1 bag in 2 minutes, how many hours will it take for 8 people to prepare 1200 bags?

User David Wihl
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ratio and proportion
1 person does 1 bag in 2 minutes
multiply by 8
8 person does 1 bag in 2/8=1/4 minutes
1200 times 1/4=300
answer is 300 minutes or 5 hours
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