document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=355308>Question 355308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On December 5 1985, a million balloons were released at Disneyland by hte city of Anaheim,California. If the ballons were released at the rate of 100 per second, how long did it take to release the million balloons? How do I come up with the answer to this? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #253804 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=253804\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The basic formula is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Amount Released = Rate of Release * Time\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if A is the amount released, r is the rate, and t is the time, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=rt ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=rt\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. We know that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=1000000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=1000000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So plug this into the equation to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1000000=100t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1000000=100t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and solve for 't' to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=1000000%2F100=10000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=1000000%2F100=10000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So it will take 10,000 seconds (about 2 hours  46 minutes  40 seconds) for 1,000,000 balloons to be released at a rate of 100 balloons a second. </SPAN>\n" );
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