In 5 minutes a conveyor belt moves 300 pounds of receyclable aluminum from the delievery truck a smaller belt moves the same quantitly of cans the same distance in 9 minutes if both belts are used find how long it takes to move the cans

It will take 3.214 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that, the conveyor belt transports 300 cans in 5 mins and the smaller belt transports 300 cans in 9 minutes.

Thus , the speed of conveyor belt is,

=

and of smaller belt is,

=  

Thus, when both are used together,

conveyor belt will transport (60)(t) cans and smaller belt will transport (t) cans per minute.

Thus the equation becomes,

t =

a) 15/7

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