As we were driving to Brenda's mom's house, Brenda starts to laugh - one of those laugh to yourself at your own inner-dialog moments. I pressed to know what was so funny to which she admitted that she was "such a geek." Apparently during an earlier seven minute period of time, she not only counted the number of times I cleared my throat, but also turned that into a fraction so she could calculate the average length of time between throat clearings (about every 40 seconds).
So, besides the fact that you now know that I have a scratchy throat, you also have enough information to work out this story problem. How many times did I clear my throat? Please show your work in the comment section.
Calculators are not allowed (Brenda did it all in her head).
3 comments:
10.5...am I right?
Pretty dang close! It was 11 times in 7 minutes. Which works out to be once every 38 seconds, but I tend to round my answers when calculating in my head.
Whatever...I so got that right...you just think your smart...HaHaHa...
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