Question

It takes a machine at a seafood company 20 seconds to clean 3 pounds of shrimp. Select True or False for the following statement: The machine cleans 1 pound of shrimp per second O A True O False​

Answer 1

Answer:

False.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's work it out right here.

If the machine cleans 1 pound of shrimp per second than 20 seconds in the machine should clean 20 pounds of shrimp. This means that this statement would have to be false. ^^ Have a wonderful day! And...HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <3 ❄️☃️❄️

Answer 2

Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find out how many seconds per pound.

It takes 20 seconds for 3 pounds.

Therefore we divide 20 by 3

This equals 6.66666667 so it equals about 7 seconds per pound.