Abottling company can fill 100 bottles in 5 minutes, 2% of the bottles are rejected, how many bottles are rejected each hour?

each hour 24 bottles are rejected

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello

Step 1

first, we need to know how many bottles are filled in an hour

60 min=1 hour

using a rule of three

5 minutes⇔100 bottles filled

60 minutes⇔x bottles filled

isolating x

in an hour 1200 bottles are filled

Step 2

2% of the bottles are rejected, how many bottles are rejected each hour?

we need to know the 2% of 1200, using a rule of three

1200 bottles⇔100 %

x bottles?⇔2%

isolating x

in an hour 24 bottles are rejected

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