Maxine's Cookie Factory Bottleneck Is the Oven

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Short Answer

Maxine's cookie factory bottleneck is the oven. It takes 45 seconds to cook a batch of 144 cookies. What is the maximum number of cookies that Maxine can produce every hour?

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