It takes 3 city snowplows 14 hours to clear 500 miles of road. If the city wants the 500 miles of ro

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  1. math_celebrity

    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    It takes 3 city snowplows 14 hours to clear 500 miles of road. If the city wants the 500 miles of road to be cleared in 6 hours, how many additional snowplows must they buy?

    Set up unit rate per plow:
    14 hours * 3 plows = 42 hours for one plow to clear 500 miles of road

    Calculate the amount of plows we need:
    42 hours / 6 hours = 7 plows

    Additional plows = New plows - original plows:
    Additional plows = 7 - 3
    Additional plows = 4
     

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