The record for picking blueberries in one day was 4,500 pounds. Since there are 1000 blueberries in a pound, this amounted to 4,500,000 blueberries. If these berrieswere picked in 8 hours, find the average number of berries picked each hour.The average number of berries picked each hour was

Respuesta :

Given

We have 4,500,000

If these berries were picked in 8 hours

We are finding the average number of berries picked each hour

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Average number of berries picked each hour =}\frac{4,500,000}{8} \\ \\ \text{Average number of berries picked each hour }=\text{ 562,500} \end{gathered}[/tex]

The final answer

The average number of berries picked each hour is 562,500