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A recycling machine crushes 175 pounds of cans in 5 minutes. How many pounds of can will the machine crush in 16 minutes?

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User Geha
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the answer is 560...
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User Dilly
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Answer:

560

Explanation:

First we need to know how many pounds every minute which can be solve by dividing 175 by 5 which equals 35. Then we multiply 35 by 16 to get the total amount of pounds which is 560 pounds.

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