We breathe about 15 times per minute, and a hummingbird flaps its wings about 3,000 times per minute. So a rate of 50,000 copies per minute would truly take our breath away and be faster than we could discern with our eyes. Is the 50,000 figure right?

Q: The distance from the Sun to Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles. If light travels at a rate of…

A: The distance from the Sun to Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles. If light travels at a rate of…

Q: In 5/6 of an hour, a man jogs 3 1/2 miles. If the man jogged at the same rate, how far would he run…

A: In 56 of an hour, a man jogs 312 miles. If the man jogged at the same rate, to find how far would he…

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A: Given: oil already leaked from pipeline=537.45 gallons of oil rate of leaking of oil=82.93…

Q: A trip to Washington from Boston will take 5 3/4 hours. If you have traveled 1/3 of the way, how…

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Q: Miss Frizzle and her students noticed that a particular bacterial culture started off with 356 cells…

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Q: A hose fills 2/8 of a pool in 3/6 of an hour. At this rate, how much of the pool will these hose…

A: given that  A hose fills 2/8 of a pool in 3/6 of an hour. Clearly 1/4 of a pool filled in 1/2 hour…

Q: a large bucket that is full of water has a small leak on the bottom. The bucket loses water at the…

A: Given ,  a large bucket that is full of water has a small leak on the bottom. The bucket loses water…

Q: A ball is dropped from a height of 18 ft and bounces 75% of its previous height on each bounce. How…

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Q: In a certain culture of bacteria, the number of bacteria increased sixfold in 10 hours. How long did…

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Q: To the nearest hundredth, suppose that on each bounce, a superball bounces to 72% of the height from…

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Q: The town of Diamond Wish, which initially had 20 000 people, began to experience an exponential…

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Q: I have 3/4 of a liter of juice to share with friends.  Together, they drank 2/3 of the juice.  How…

A: Total amount of juice =34 ltrAmount of juice they drank=23 of total amount of juice

Q: The current US Debt as of 8/23/21 was about 28.7 trillion. Calculate how far a stack of dollar bills…

A: The length of a dollar is 15.5956 cm long and the length 28.7 trillion dollars would extend to can…

Q: The annual rainfall in Albany is 0.33 inch less rgr annual rainfall in Nashville. How much less…

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Q: A nurse gives a patient 800 mg of medicine at 10:00 a.m. If the half life of the medicine is 3…

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Q: A radioactive substance called Bosmerium has a half-life of 4 years. Initially, there is 800 mg of…

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Q: 13. The population of the nest of the aunt can triple in 8 weeks. If the population now is 12000,…

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Q: 1. How many more times intense, to two decimal places, was the 2011 earthquake in Japan that…

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Q: David can run 5/7 miles in 3/8 hours. At this rate, how far can he run in one and two-fifths hours?

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