An ice cream factory makes 120 quarts of ice cream in 5 hours. How many quarts could be made in 12 hours?

Question

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Answer 1

This is a problem in proportion or you can think of it as a rate problem.

 

Proportion:

120/5 = x/12 => 24 = x/12 => x = 288

 

Rate:

Production rate = 120 qt/5 hr = 24 qt/hr; therefore, in 12 hr production = 12 hr * 24 qt/hr = 288 qt

Answer 2

120/5 = q/12       Cross multiply

5q = 1440

q = 288 quarts