Question

A girl collects aluminum cans crushes them with a hand can crushing machine then turns the crushed cans in once a month for extra money
She can crush three cans in 2/3 of a minute what is the rate in cans per minute at which The girl crushes aluminum cans

Answer 1

Please give your answer in fraction form

Answer 2

To find the rate at which the girl crushes aluminum cans per minute, we need to calculate how many cans she can crush in one minute.

If the girl can crush 3 cans in 2/3 of a minute, then we can convert this to a rate in cans per minute by setting up a proportion:

3 cans / (2/3) minute = x cans / 1 minute

Now we can solve for x:

3 / (2/3) = x
3 * (3/2) = x
9/2 = x

Therefore, the girl crushes aluminum cans at a rate of 4.5 cans per minute.

Answer 3

Sure, the girl crushes aluminum cans at a rate of 9/2 or 4 1/2 cans per minute.