Question

Samantha works in a chocolate factory at a conveyor belt that is 18 inches wide and moves large amounts of chocolate to packaging. She counts 225 chocolates in a rectangular section of the conveyor belt measuring 6.5 inches long and 18 inches wide. What is the approximate number of chocolates per square inch of the conveyor belt, rounded to the nearest hundredth?

Answer 1

1.92 chocolates per in²

Explanation:

Given that:

Dimension of conveyor belt :

6.5 inches long and 18 inches wide (6.5in * 18in)

Area of conveyor belt = 6.5 * 18 = 117 in²

Number of chocolate = 225

Number of chocolates per square inch :

225 / 117

= 1.9230769 chocolates

= 1.92 chocolates per in²