It takes a machine at a seafood company 20 seconds to clean 3 pounds of shrimp. Select True or False for the following statement

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dedylja [7]

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It takes a machine at a seafood company 20 seconds to clean 3 pounds of shrimp. Select True or False for the following statement

: The machine cleans 1 pound of shrimp per second O A True O False

Mathematics

2 answers:

Arada [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-03T05:21:32+03:00

Arada [10]2 years ago

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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find out how many seconds per pound.

It takes 20 seconds for 3 pounds.

Therefore we divide 20 by 3

This equals 6.66666667 so it equals about 7 seconds per pound.

vlabodo [156] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-03T02:52:48+03:00

Answer:

False.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's work it out right here.

If the machine cleans 1 pound of shrimp per second than 20 seconds in the machine should clean 20 pounds of shrimp. This means that this statement would have to be false. ^^ Have a wonderful day! And...HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <3 ❄️☃️❄️