A machine in a soft drink factory fills 840 bottles in six hours. How many bottles will it fill in five hours?
The given information in the form of table is as follows:
bottles | 840 | x |
hours | 6 | 5 |
Let x be the no of bottles filled in 5 hours.
The no of bottles and no of hours are in direct proportion.
Therefore,
840/6 = x/5
→x = 700
Thus, 700 bottles will be filled in 5 hours.