SOLUTION: A watch looses x minutes every y hours. At this rate, how many hours will the watch lose in one week ?
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Question 964408: A watch looses x minutes every y hours. At this rate, how many hours will the watch lose in one week ?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A watch looses x minutes every y hours.
At this rate, how many hours will the watch lose in one week ?
:
= no. min lost per hr
Find no. hrs in 1 week: 24*7 = 168 hrs
therefore
= no. of min lost in 1 week
= = no. of hrs lost in 1 week
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