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NCERT Solutions Class 8 Mathematics Solutions for Exercise 13.1 in Chapter 13 - Direct and Inverse Proportions

Question 7 Exercise 13.1

Q4)  A machine in a soft drink factory fills 840 bottles in six hours. How many bottles will it fill in five hours?

Answer:

Solution:

Let the number of bottles filled by the machine in five hours be x.

NCERT Solutions - Mathematics , Class 8 chapter Direct and Inverse Proportions Question 7 Solution image

Here ratio of hours and bottles are in direct proportion.

\frac{6}{840}=\frac{5}{x}\Rightarrow6\times x=5\times840

\Rightarrow x\ =\ \frac{5\times840}{6}=700 bottles.

Hence the machine will fill 700 bottles.

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