document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035481>Question 1035481</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me I never been good with word problems. Thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The radius of a hailstorm varies directly with the amount of time that it was in a cloud. After a hailstorm had been in a particular cloud for 10 seconds, its radius for 0.5 inches. How long would it have to be in the cloud to have a radius of 1.25 inches. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The radius of a hailstorm varies directly <BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the amount of time that it was in a cloud.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Radius = k x Time (in cloud)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k is the constant of proportionality.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = k x T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.5 = k x 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = 0.5/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = 0.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 0.05 x T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "........<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25 = 0.05 x T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 1.25/0.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 25 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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