Question

There are to photocopy machines in office. The first machine produces five copies in eight seconds. The second machine produces 16 copies and 24 minutes. Are the two machines making copies at the same rate?

Answer 1

Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

The rate per second for copies will be as follows

First machine

Since it takes 8 seconds to make 5 copies hence rate per second is equivalent to 5/8 copies per second

Second machine

First, convert its time into seconds. Given that 1 min has 60 seconds then 24 mins will have 24*60=1440 seconds

During this time, the machine makes 16 copies. Therefore, the rate per second is 16/1440 which when simplified is 1/90 copies per second.

Clearly, these two rates are different.