A chemist has a supply of 4.5 liter bottles of a certain solvent that must beshipped to a central warehouse. The warehouse can accept the solvent at a rateof 5 hectoliters per minute for a maximum of 7.5 hours per day. If 1 hectoliterequals 100 liters, what is the maximum number of bottles that the warehousecould receive from the chemist each day?

Answer :

To solve this question, follow the steps below.

Step 01: Find the maximum volume per day.

The maximum volume per day is when 5 hectoliters per minute are collected for 7.5 hours.

To find this volume, first, let's transform 5 hectoliters per minute into hectoliters per hour.

Knowing that 1 hour = 60 minutes:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 5\frac{hectoliters}{minute}*\frac{60minutes}{1hour} \\ 5*60\frac{hectoliters}{hour} \\ 300\frac{hectol\imaginaryI ters}{hour} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now, let's multiply by 7.5 hours to find how many hectoliters are collected per day:

[tex]7.5*300=2250\frac{hectoliters}{day}[/tex]

Step 02: Transform the volume to liters.

Since 1 hectoliter = 100 liters.

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2250\frac{hectoliters}{day}*100\frac{liters}{hectoliter} \\ 225000\frac{l\imaginaryI ters}{day} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Step 03: Find the number of bottles.

Since 1 bottle has 4.5 liters:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 225000\frac{l\imaginaryI ters}{day}*\frac{1\text{ }bottle}{4.5\text{ }litters} \\ \frac{225000}{4.5}\frac{bottles}{day} \\ 50000\frac{bottles}{day} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer: The maximum number of bottles the warehouse can receive in one day is 50,000.

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