Question

A machine in a soft drink factory fills 1120 bottles in 7 hours. How many bottles will it fill in 6 hours?

Answer 1

you have 1120 bottles made In 7 hours.. so if you divide it by 7 you get bottles in an hour.. multiply by 6 to get the. number of bottles in 6 hours

Answer 2

Given,

Time taken by a machine to fill 1120 bottles = 7 hours

To Find,

The number of bottles the machine will fill in 6 hours =?

Solution,

We can solve the question using the following steps:

Number of bottles filled by the machine in 7 hours = $1120$

Number of bottles filled by the machine in 1 hour = $\frac{1120}{7}$

Therefore,

Number of bottles filled by the machine in 6 hours = $\frac{1120}{7} *6$

Number of bottles filled by the machine in 6 hours = $960$

Hence, the machine will fill 960 bottles in 6 hours.