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A computer can execute 36 instructions per microsecond. How many instructions can it execute in 4 min?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 microsecond is 1 millionth of a second\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 second is 1/60 minute\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 microsecond =(1/(1,000,000))(1/60) of a minute\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 microsecond is (1/60,000,000) of a minute or
\n" ); document.write( "1 minute=60,000,000 microseconds
\n" ); document.write( "4 minutes =240,000,000 microseconds\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We know that (instructions/microsecond (36))times(total number of microseconds (240,000,000) = total # of instructions
\n" ); document.write( "So in 4 minutes the computer can execute 36(240,000,000) instructions=
\n" ); document.write( "8,640,000,000 instructions and this equals (8.64)(10^9) instructions in 4 minutes\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor\r
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