Question

If 5/4 of a ton of plastic bottles is collected & 12/5 of the bottles can be melted down each day how many days will it take to process the 5/4 ton?

Answer 1

12/5 bottles

Explanation:

Since 5/4 of a tone when melted can collect 12/5 bottles as given in the question, unless the question was to have a different figure at the end otherwise the question is like a repetition of what is in the question. Therefore, for 5/4 tone melted as given, it is only possible to collect 12/5 bottles. In case the figure was to be 4/5 tone then then the bottles is found by cross multiplication as follows

If 5/4 t=12/5

4/5 t= x

X=(4/5*12/5)/5/4=1 67/125

Please note that since this is not what was asked, I've put it here just in case there was typo in the last part of the question.