An automatic doughnut machine can produce 1500 doughnuts in 9 hours. How long would it take the machine to make 300 doughnuts?

1 hr, 48 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

you can create a proportion:

doughnuts/hours = doughnut/hours (h)

1500/9 = 300/h

cross-multiply to get:

1500h = 2700

h = 27/15

h = 1 12/15, which is 1 hr, 48 minutes because 12/15 = 48/60

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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