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A fast-food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to send the burgers through a grilling
Chapter 2, Problem 81GP(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 81Gp
A fast-food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to send the burgers through a grilling machine. If the grilling machine is 1.1 m long and the burgers require 2.5 min to cook, how fast must the conveyor belt travel? If the burgers are spaced 15 cm apart, what is the rate of burger production (in burgers/min)?
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QUESTION:
Problem 81Gp
A fast-food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to send the burgers through a grilling machine. If the grilling machine is 1.1 m long and the burgers require 2.5 min to cook, how fast must the conveyor belt travel? If the burgers are spaced 15 cm apart, what is the rate of burger production (in burgers/min)?
ANSWER:
Solution 81GP
Step 1 of 3
Here we have to calculate the speed of the conveyor belt and the rate of production of burgers in burgers per minute.
Given data,
Distance,
Time interval,
Spacing between burgers,
To find,
Speed of the belt,
Rate of production,