document.write( "Question 628825: A clock takes 6 seconds to strike the hour at 6 o clock. How long will take to strike the hour at 10 o clock \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "To strike 6 times, the clock goes\r\n" );
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document.write( "bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that there are only 5 dashes between those 6 bongs. Therefore\r\n" );
document.write( "there are only 5 time intervals between the 6 bongs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we divide 6 seconds by 5 and get each time interval between bongs\r\n" );
document.write( "as 6÷5 or 1.2 seconds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To strike 10 times, the clock goes\r\n" );
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document.write( "bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong-bong\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that there are only 9 dashes between those 10 bongs. Therefore\r\n" );
document.write( "there are only 9 time intervals between the 10 bongs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since each time interval is 1.2 seconds, 9 of those time intervals between\r\n" );
document.write( "bongs is 9×1.2 seconds which equals 10.8 seconds.\r\n" );
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