SOLUTION: A certain computer can do a simple computation in 10�7 seconds. Express how long it would take this computer to do this task 5000 times

Question 1075830: A certain computer can do a simple computation in 10�7 seconds.
Express how long it would take this computer to do this task 5000 times
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A certain computer can do a simple computation in 10�7 seconds.
Express how long it would take this computer to do this task 5000 times
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10-7 = 3
5000*3 = 15000 seconds
Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Only very bad programmer will program the computer to make the same task many times in a cycle.

It was the first rule I learned when started to write my own computer programs/codes many years ago.

And one more notice. Yours 10-7 is, probably, 10^(-7), which is .

Lear how to write the numbers correctly.

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