Question

A recycle machine crushes 175 pounds of cans in 5 mins how many pounds of can will the machine crush in 16 mins plzzz help me

Answer 1

175 divided by 5 is your unit rate or how many cans it crushes in 1 minute. You get 35. Multiple 35 by 16. So 560 cans crushed in 16 minutes

Answer 2

You can set it up like this:

5/175 = 16/x

Cross multiply to get:

5x = 2800

Isolate x:

x = 560

Check:

In 16 minutes, the machine should be able to crush a little more than 3 times the amount it could crush in 5 minutes. So, 3 times 175 is 525. That plus a bit more is 560, so the answer makes sense. 

Final answer:

The recycle machine should be able to crush 560 pounds of cans in 16 minutes. 


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