Three photocopiers can produce 5400 copies in one hour (a) How long would it take one photocopier to make - Maths - Ratio and Proportion

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Three photocopiers can produce 5400 copies in one hour
(a) How long would it take one photocopier to make 16 200
copies?
(b) How long would it take two photocopiers to make 1200
copies?
(c) How many photocopiers would be needed to make 3600 copies
in
30 minutes?

Shruti Tyagi · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

3 photocopiers can produce 5400 copies in one hour1 photocopier would be able to produce 5400 copies in 3 hour1 photocopier can produce 54003=1800 copies in 1 houra) time taken by 1 photocopier to produce 16,200 copies=162001800=16218=9 hoursb) in 1 hour 2 photcopier can produce=2×1800 copiestime taken to make 1200 copies=12003600=1236 =13 hoursconverting hour into minutes we get 13×60=20 minutec) as we know 1 photcopier produce 1800 copies in 1 hourphotocopies produced in 30 min=900 copiesnumber of photocopiers required to make 3600 copies=3600900=4 Hence 4 photocopiers are required
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Three photocopiers can produce 5400 copies in one hour. (a) How long would it take one photocopier to make 16 200 copies? (b) How long would it take two photocopiers to make 1200 copies? (c) How many photocopiers would be needed to make 3600 copies in 30 minutes?

Three photocopiers can produce 5400 copies in one hour.
(a) How long would it take one photocopier to make 16 200 copies?
(b) How long would it take two photocopiers to make 1200 copies?
(c) How many photocopiers would be needed to make 3600 copies in
30 minutes?