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Five bottling machines fill 240 bottles in 20 minutes, 120 bottles in 15 minutes, 180 bottles in 10 minutes, 200 bottles in 10 minutes and 90 bottles in 6 minutes, respectively. If they work for an hour and a half, how many bottles will the fastest bottler fill?

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Answer to a math question Five bottling machines fill 240 bottles in 20 minutes, 120 bottles in 15 minutes, 180 bottles in 10 minutes, 200 bottles in 10 minutes and 90 bottles in 6 minutes, respectively. If they work for an hour and a half, how many bottles will the fastest bottler fill?

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First, we need to find the rate at which each machine fills bottles per minute. To do this, we divide the number of bottles filled by the time taken:

Machine 1: 240 bottles in 20 minutes = \frac{240}{20}=12 bottles/minute \
Machine 2: 120 bottles in 15 minutes = \frac{120}{15}=8 bottles/minute \
Machine 3: 180 bottles in 10 minutes = \frac{180}{10}=18 bottles/minute \
Machine 4: 200 bottles in 10 minutes = \frac{200}{10}=20 bottles/minute \
Machine 5: 90 bottles in 6 minutes = \frac{90}{6}=15 bottles/minute \

Now, we need to find how many bottles each machine will fill in an hour and a half (90 minutes):

Machine 1: 12 \times 90 = 1080 bottles \
Machine 2: 8 \times 90 = 720 bottles \
Machine 3: 18 \times 90 = 1620 bottles \
Machine 4: 20 \times 90 = 1800 bottles \
Machine 5: 15 \times 90 = 1350 bottles \

The fastest bottler, machine 4, will fill \boxed{1800} bottles.

\textbf{Answer: 1800 bottles}

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