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A machine produced 735 tapes in 5 1/4hours.

What fraction of the 735 tapes was produced
in one hour?

User Lingyfh
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Answer:

2 tapes in one hour

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Find out how many minutes are in 5 1/4 hours = 315 minutes

2. you want to divide that by the number of tapes (T) by the number of minutes

Example: T/M = TPH (Tapes per hour)

375/ 315 <-- minutes

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Tapes

Answer: 2 tapes per hour!!

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