Help with simple kinematic problem

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The discussion revolves around calculating the speed of a conveyor belt in a fast food restaurant's grilling process. The grilling machine is 1.1 meters long, and burgers take 2.5 minutes to cook, leading to a required conveyor speed of 0.44 m/min. The second part of the problem involves determining the rate of burger production given that burgers are spaced 15 cm apart. Participants are struggling with the correct formulation to calculate the number of burgers produced per minute. The conversation highlights the need for clarity in setting up equations for kinematic problems.
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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 1.1 m long and the burgers require 2.5 min to cook, how fast must the conveyor travel?

If the burgers are spaced 15 cm apart, what is the rate of of burger production (in burgers min)?

For the first question:

Distance of belt=rate×time to cook

Which gives me. 0.44 m/min

However, the second part is giving me problems.

I did 1.1m=0.15mB+(o.44 m/s + Db) (2.5 min-B) which is wrong. Any hint?
 
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Your speed is in meters per minute, and the value looks good.

Now, how many burgers (and partial burgers) are there in one meter?
 
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