Amachine in a soft drink factory fills 840 bottles in six hours. how many bottles will it fill in five hours?

700 bottles

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x = an hour

840 = 6x

x = 140 bottles

5(140) = y

y = 700

700 bottles in 5 hours

9514 1404 393

  400

Step-by-step explanation:

If x represents the number of employees a year ago, the current number is ...

  x + 0.33x = 53,200

  x = 53,200/1.33 = 400

The company had 400 employees a year ago.