A machine produces 75 widgets an hour.How many widgets does it produce in 6 minutes?
75/60 = x/6
Cross multiply and solve for x.
well, 6 min is 1/10 of an hour, so ...
To find out how many widgets the machine produces in 6 minutes, we need to convert the time from minutes to hours, then multiply it by the rate at which the machine produces widgets.
1 hour = 60 minutes
So, to convert 6 minutes to hours, we divide by 60:
6 minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour = 0.1 hour
Now, we can calculate how many widgets the machine produces in 0.1 hour:
75 widgets/hour × 0.1 hour = 7.5 widgets
Therefore, the machine produces 7.5 widgets in 6 minutes.