From start to finish, a machine can fill a bottle of water, seal it, label it, and pack it in 8.6 seconds. About how many bottles of water are packed in 480 seconds?

Question

20 bottles
40 bottles
25 bottles
50 bottles

Answer 1

To find out how many bottles are packed in 480 seconds, we can divide the total time by the time taken to pack one bottle.

Time to pack one bottle = 8.6 seconds

Total time available = 480 seconds

Now, we perform the calculation:

Number of bottles = Total time available / Time to pack one bottle

Number of bottles = 480 seconds / 8.6 seconds per bottle ≈ 55.81

Since you can't pack a fraction of a bottle, we round down to the nearest whole number, which is 55.

Therefore, the closest provided option, considering the calculations might have lead to slight adjustments, is:

50 bottles (though the exact is 55).

So, 50 bottles is the best fit from the provided options.