Difference between revisions of "2023 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 11"

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<math>292,526,838</math> miles is extremely close to <math>300,000,000</math> miles. We also know that <math>6.5</math> months is equivalent to <math>6.5\cdot30\cdot24</math> hours. Now, we can calculate the speed in miles per hour, which we find is about <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }60,000}</math>.
 
<math>292,526,838</math> miles is extremely close to <math>300,000,000</math> miles. We also know that <math>6.5</math> months is equivalent to <math>6.5\cdot30\cdot24</math> hours. Now, we can calculate the speed in miles per hour, which we find is about <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }60,000}</math>.
  
<cmath>\dfrac{300000000}{6.5\cdot30\cdot24}=\dfrac{10000000}{6.5\cdot24}\\
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<cmath>\dfrac{300,000,000}{6.5\cdot30\cdot24}=\dfrac{10,000,000}{6.5\cdot24}\\
=\dfrac{10000000}{13\cdot12}\\
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=\dfrac{10,000,000}{13\cdot12}\\
=\dfrac{10000000}{156}\\
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=\dfrac{10,000,000}{156}\\
\approx\dfrac{10000000}{150}\\
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\approx\dfrac{10,000,000}{150}\\
\approx\dfrac{200000}{3}\\
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\approx\dfrac{200,000}{3}\\
\approx60000</cmath>
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\approx60,000</cmath>
  
 
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Revision as of 22:05, 24 January 2023

Solution 1

Since the answers are so far apart, we just need to compute the # of figures the answer contains. So by approximating all the values for the hourly rate we have $\frac{300,000,000}{5 * 30 * 30} \approx \frac{300,000,000}{5000} = 60,000$ which is $\boxed{\text{(C)}60,000}$

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Solution 2

$292,526,838$ miles is extremely close to $300,000,000$ miles. We also know that $6.5$ months is equivalent to $6.5\cdot30\cdot24$ hours. Now, we can calculate the speed in miles per hour, which we find is about $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }60,000}$.

\[\dfrac{300,000,000}{6.5\cdot30\cdot24}=\dfrac{10,000,000}{6.5\cdot24}\\ =\dfrac{10,000,000}{13\cdot12}\\ =\dfrac{10,000,000}{156}\\ \approx\dfrac{10,000,000}{150}\\ \approx\dfrac{200,000}{3}\\ \approx60,000\]

~MathFun1000

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