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

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

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.

anonymous anonymous answered
6 months ago

Please give your answer in fraction form

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

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