Question

An ice cream factory makes 100 quarts of ice cream in 5 hours. How many quarts does the ice cream factory make in 2 hours?

Answer 1

Answer:

he makes 40 in 2 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

if he makes 100 in 5 hours then to find how much he makes in 1 hour you must divide the sum by 5 then multiply by 2

100÷5=20

20x2=40

Answer 2

First we set up a ratio of 100 quarts:5 hours since that is a given ratio. Since hours was in the denominator of the ratio before, we place the 36 in the denominator of the other ratio, x quarts: 36 hours.

Setting them equal gives the following proportion:

100/5=x/36

Cross multiply to solve:
5x=3600
x=720

They can make 720 quarts in 36 hours.

For the second part, we use similar reasoning. Remember 1 day = 24 hours.

100/5 = x/24

5x =2400
x=480

They can make 480 quarts per day.