SOLUTION: A computer can execute 64 instructions per microsecond. How many instructions can it execute in 10 minutes? I need help formulating the equation please. I am stuck and have no idea

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Question 339020: A computer can execute 64 instructions per microsecond. How many instructions can it execute in 10 minutes? I need help formulating the equation please. I am stuck and have no idea what else to do.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You could say "Let n = number of
instructions executed in t microseconds
Then I can write:
n+=+64t
Now I want to convert 10 min to microseconds
(10 minutes) x (60 seconds/ 1 minute) x (10%5E6 microsec/sec)
This is
10%2A60%2A10%5E6+=+60%2A10%5E6
t+=+6%2A10%5E7 microsec
Now I plug this into my equation:
n+=+64%2A6%2A10%5E7
n+=+384%2A10%5E7
n+=+3840000000 instructions,
or 3.84 billion