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A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at <math>\text{8:30}\ {\small\text{AM}}</math>. At <math>\text{11:10}\ {\small\text{AM}}</math> the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job? | A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at <math>\text{8:30}\ {\small\text{AM}}</math>. At <math>\text{11:10}\ {\small\text{AM}}</math> the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job? | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 25 April 2008
- The following problem is from both the 2008 AMC 12A #1 and 2008 AMC 10A #1, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at 
. At 
the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job?
Solution
The machine completes one-third of the job in 
hours. Thus, the entire job is completed in 
hours.
Since the machine was started at 
, the job will be finished 
hours later, at 
. The answer is 
.
See Also
| 2008 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by First Question |
Followed by Problem 2 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2008 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by First Question |
Followed by Problem 2 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
