The Eat "N Go Mobile Sausage Sandwich Shop specializes in the sale of spicy sausage sandwiches served on a toasted bun.  Each sausage sandwich comes with four strips of jalapeno pepper, one sausage patty, and a tablespoon of Stephen's famous special sauce.  If a single jalapeno pepper makes 8 slices, and the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, how many jalapeno peppers are required by the Sandwich Shop to serve all customers during an 8-hour day?
How many slices of pepper are used in each sandwich? ** If each sandwich comes with 4 strips of pepper, and each pepper makes 8 slices, then each sandwich uses 4/8=<<4/8=0.5>>0.5 pepper.
How many sandwiches are served per hour? ** If the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, then per hour the Shop serves 60/5=<<60/5=12>>12 sandwiches.
How many jalapeno peppers are used per hour? ** Thus, per hour, the Shop uses 12*0.5=<<12*0.5=6>>6 jalapeno peppers.
How many jalapeno peppers are used in an 8-hour day? ** And in an 8-hour day, the Sandwich Shop uses 8*6=<<8*6=48>>48 jalapeno peppers.
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