Problem:
A donkey suffers an attack of hiccups and the first hiccup happens at one afternoon. Suppose that the donkey hiccups regularly every seconds. At what time does the donkey's th hiccup occur?
Answer Choices:
A. seconds after
B. seconds after
C. seconds after
D. seconds after
E. seconds after
Solution:
There are 699 five-second time periods between the 1st hiccup and the 700th hiccup. This will require seconds. Because there are seconds in an hour, the 700 th hiccup will occur seconds before 5:00. This is seconds before , which is .
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