document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143354>Question 1143354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jackie fills a jug with water continuously. It takes her 2 minutes to fill up 50% of the empty space in the jug with water. After every 2 minutes, she puts a penny into a jar to celebrate. How many pennies will she have in the jar at the instant the jug had less than 30 % empty Space left? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It takes her 2 minutes to fill the jar to 50%.  1 penny goes in the jar.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the next two minutes, she fills half of the 50% that is left to fill; half of 50% is 25%, so the jar is 75% full.  That means 25% is empty; which is less than 30%.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the 2nd penny would have gone in the jar at the end of those 2 minutes, when the jug had 25% empty space left.  That means that, at the instant the jug has less than 30% empty space left, there is only 1 penny in the jar.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 1 penny in the jar at the instant the jug has less than 30% empty space. </SPAN>\n" );
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