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small bottles in 1 min = 3 * 60 = 180
large bottles in 1min = 5 * (60/6) = 50

Small bottles per crate = 180/10 = 18
large bottles per crate = 50/10 = 5
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A water bottling machine is designed to fill two types of bottles—small and large—at the same time.

It fills small bottles at a constant rate of 3 per second and large bottles at a constant rate of 5 every 6 seconds.

In one minute of continuous operation at these rates, the machine fills small and large bottles that are packed into exactly 10 shipping crates, with each crate containing the same number of small bottles and the same number of large bottles.

Select for Small Bottles and Large Bottles the number of small and large bottles, respectively, in each shipping crate. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Bunuel, bb, Didn't get Kudos for this. Did I miss something in my explanation?
The question was fairly straightforward, thus I kept my explanation short.
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In 60 seconds, the machine fills
→ 3 small bottles/sec × 60 = 180 small bottles
→ 5 large bottles every 6 sec = (5/6) per sec × 60 = 50 large bottles

These go into 10 crates, so :
→ 180 ÷ 10 = 18 small bottles per crate
→ 50 ÷ 10 = 5 large bottles per crate

Answer:
Small Bottles: 18
Large Bottles: 5
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bb, Didn't get Kudos for this. Did I miss something in my explanation?
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In 60 seconds, the machine fills
→ 3 small bottles/sec × 60 = 180 small bottles
→ 5 large bottles every 6 sec = (5/6) per sec × 60 = 50 large bottles

These go into 10 crates, so :
→ 180 ÷ 10 = 18 small bottles per crate
→ 50 ÷ 10 = 5 large bottles per crate

Answer:
Small Bottles: 18
Large Bottles: 5

Hi. Thank you for the question. This post was identified as A.I. assisted, and as you have to use your own work for the competition, it does not qualify for the kudos. Sorry.
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twinkle2311, can you please let me know how to type this division symbol that you have in your post ÷ ?
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bb, I generally just use it when I press special characters twice? 😭😭
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