Question

a factory can fill 225 bottles of orange juice each hour. each bottle of juice contains 24 fluid ounces of juice. each bottle of juice sells for $5.50 how many fluid ounces of juice are filled in each 12 hours shift

Answer 1

64800 fluid ounces of juice.

Explanation:

Given:

A factory can fill 225 bottles of orange juice each hour.

Each bottle of juice contains 24 fluid ounces of juice.

Question asked:

How many fluid ounces of juice are filled in each 12 hours shift ?

Solution:

By applying unitary method:

A factory can fill number of bottles in 1 hour = 225 (given)

A factory can fill number of bottles in 12 hours =
`12* 225 = 2700\\`

Each bottle contains = 24 fluid ounces of juice (given)

2700 bottles contain =
`24 *2700 = 64800` fluid ounces of juice.

Thus, 64800 fluid ounces of juice are filled in each 12 hours shift.