First, we need to convert 2 2/3 hours to minutes. This would be:
= 2 2/3 × 60 minutes
= 8/3 × 60 minutes
= 160 minutes
Since water goes over a waterfall at a rate of 162 1/2 gallons every 15 minutes. The the gallons of water going over the waterfall in 2 2/3 hours would be:
First, we need to convert 2 2/3 hours to minutes. This would be:
= 2 2/3 × 60 minutes
= 8/3 × 60 minutes
= 160 minutes
Since water goes over a waterfall at a rate of 162 1/2 gallons every 15 minutes. The the gallons of water going over the waterfall in 2 2/3 hours would be:
The total number of ratio units in 6:5 is 6+5=11, so each of those ratio units must stand for 550/11 = 50 detectives. Then the 6 ratio units of police detectives stand for 6·50 = 300 police detectives.
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