Question

A car wash cleans 3 cars in 24 min...How many cars does the car wash clean in 56 min?

Answer 1

It cleans 7 cars in 56 minutes.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

By hypothesis, the car wash cleans 3 cars in 24 minutes. Let x be the number of cars washed by the car wash in 56 minutes.

Let's use the rule of three:

3 cars --> 24 minutes
x cars --> 56 minutes

x = (56 * 3) / 24 = 168 / 24 = 7

So in 56 minutes, the car washes 7 cars.

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