document.write( "Question 1065783: A night watchman must check a certain storage area every 45 minutes. If he first checks the area as he begins a 9 hour tour of duty, how many times will he have checked this storage area? \n" ); document.write( "

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This is a little tricky. Say he's just watching the storage area for 45 minutes, does he check it once or twice? I'll assume he checks it twice (at the very beginning and at the very end of the 45 minutes).
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\n" ); document.write( "9hrs is 9hrs*60min/hr = 540minutes. 540minutes/45minutes/check = 12\r
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\n" ); document.write( "The expression I am using is $\"+number_of_checks+=+floor%28number_of_minutes_in_shift+%2F+45%29+%2B+1+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " Where floor(n) = largest integer <= n\r
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