Question

A bottle filling machine can fill 238 bottles in 2 hours. In 7 hours, it can fill ____ bottles.

• A. 238
• B. 843
• C. 833
• D. 933

Answer 1

The correct option is C 833

$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{Number of bottles;}& 238& y\\ \text{Time (in hours);}& 2& 7\end{array}$


$\frac{2}{238}=\frac{7}{y}\Rightarrow y=\frac{7\times 238}{2}=833$ bottles