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A product company produces cans at a rate of 0.03 per hundredth of a second. How many cans can be produced in a 7 hour day? I want to know the steps to get the answer. This is so confusing!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in one hour. You have 7 hours which = 25,200 seconds (60 seconds x 60 minutes x 7 hours = 25,200). If you have a rate of .03 per hundredth of a second, it also means you have 3 per second. 3 per second x 25,200 seconds = 75,600.

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