document.write( "Question 203758: Please help me solve, Iam unsure how to set up the problem... it shows in the book but I cannot understand the explanation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "#6. If a car travels 1/100 kilometer each second, how many kilometers does it travel in an hour?
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\n" ); document.write( "I tried this 1/100*120 seconds... this is not right, I dont understand why.
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\n" ); document.write( "Since 1 hour equals 3,600 seconds (60 seconds = 1 min, & 60 mins = 1 hour), and since \"1%2F100+=+.01\", the following proportion can be used to find the amount of kilometers the car travels in 1 hour:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28.01%29%2Fk=1%2F3600\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "k = 3,600(.01) = 36 kilometers.
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