Question

An ice cream factory makes 29 quarts of ice cream in 5 hours. How many quarts could be made in 48 hours ? What was that rate per day

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In 5 hours, 29 quarts of ice cream is made.

In 1hour, 29/5 quarts of ice cream is made.

In 48 hours, 29×48/5 quarts of ice cream is made.

In 48 hours, 278.4 quarts of ice cream is made.

Similarly, 1day= 24 hours.

In 24 hours, 29×24/5 =139.2 quarts of ice cream is made, which is the rate of production of ice cream per day.

Answer 2

We can easily get the quarts per hour rate by dividing the number of quarts by the number of hours:

$\text{29 quarts in 5 hours} \implies \dfrac{29}{5} = 5.8 \text{ quarts in 1 hour}$

Now that we have the quarts per hour rate, we can easily address the question: the factory could make

$5.8\cdot 48 = 278.4$

quarts in 48 hours, with a daily rate of

$5.8\cdot 24 = 139.2$

quarts per day