SOLUTION: I am totally having no luck with setting up and solving the following word problem, can somebody help, please? 1. An administrator of a web site is told that a new server can h

Question 130538: I am totally having no luck with setting up and solving the following word problem, can somebody help, please?
1. An administrator of a web site is told that a new server can handle 11,000 "hits" per second. The web site is currently experiencing a peak demand of about 85,000 hits per second; but every month, the peak demand increases by 3500 hits per second. Use a proportion equation to determine how many new servers the administrator should buy to address expected traffic for the next 18 months.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An administrator of a web site is told that a new server can handle 11,000 "hits" per second. The web site is currently experiencing a peak demand of about 85,000 hits per second; but every month, the peak demand increases by 3500 hits per second. Use a proportion equation to determine how many new servers the administrator should buy to address expected traffic for the next 18 months.
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Increase in hits after 18 months = 3500*18 = 63000
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Peak # of hits in 18 months: 85000 + 63000 = 148000
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1/11000 = x/148000
x = 148000/11000 = 13.45
Rounding up the number of servers needed is 14
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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