A machine can wrap 900 lollipops in 36 minutes. What is the unit rate of lollipops wrapped every minute?

Mathematics · Middle School · Sun Jan 24 2021

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Given the statement:

A machine can wrap 900 lollipops in 36 minutes

Determine the unit rate of lollipops wrapped per minute.

Solution:

In order to determine the lollipops wrapped per minute we simply divide 900 by 36.

Unit rate = 900 lollipops/36 minutes

Unit rate = 25 lollipops per minute

Final answer:

The machine can wrap 25 lollipops per minute.