Question

An automated bakery can produce 230 loaves of bread in 37 minutes. How many minutes will it take to produce 1500 loaves? Round the answer to the next higher whole minute.

Answer 1

242 minutes

Explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of minutes to make 1500 loaves

`(230)/(37)` =
`(1500)/(x)`

Cross multiply and solve for x

230x = 55500

x = 241.3

Round to the next whole minute

= 242

So, it will take 242 minutes to produce 1500 loaves