Mathematics
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
someone plz help me
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@perl
OpenStudy (sagewilson):
what cha need help with?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok give me a sec kk
OpenStudy (sagewilson):
ok
OpenStudy (anonymous):
A printer printed 68 letters in 4 seconds. If it prints letters at a constant speed, it can print ______ letters in 30 seconds.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
so
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
What do yo think you need to do?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
multiply i guess
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
no, you need to find out how many letters a second the printer prints. That means you need to divide \[68\div4 =\]
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
what do you get?
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OpenStudy (sagewilson):
first it would probably help to find out how many letters can be printed in 1 second just do what k_lynn said
OpenStudy (anonymous):
17
OpenStudy (sagewilson):
what do you think you should do next?
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
yes, 17 letters a second. Now what do you think you need to do to find out how many letter in 30 seconds?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
17 * 30 ?
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OpenStudy (k_lynn):
yes! now what do you get?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
510
OpenStudy (sagewilson):
yup and there is your answer
OpenStudy (anonymous):
thank you so much
OpenStudy (sagewilson):
no problem even though K_lynn did most of the helping
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OpenStudy (k_lynn):
Great Job! @joejoe213
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
I gave you a medal for outstanding effort @joejoe213
OpenStudy (anonymous):
thank you
OpenStudy (k_lynn):
yep. I'm glad I could help