A fast food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to send the burgers through a grilling machine. If the grilling machine is 1.1m long and the burgers require 2.5min to cook, how fast must the conveyor belt travel? If the burgers spaced 15cm apart, what is the rate of burger production (in burgers/min)?

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A fast food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to send the burgers through a grilling machine. If the grilling machine is 1.1m long and the burgers require 2.5min to cook, how fast must the conveyor belt travel? If the burgers spaced 15cm apart, what is the rate of burger production (in burgers/min)?

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