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"EASY" math question i can't get!! :@:@:@

Tinana
edited May 2007 in General
Ok.. this question is driving me INSANE. cuz its so simple but I JUST CAN"T GET IT.
please please help...

My inexpensive watch loses about 5 seconds each month. What is its percentage accuracy?

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  • Tinana
    edited May 2007
    What I did...

    30-day month: total seconds = 2592000 seconds

    so

    i subtracted the error (5 seconds) from the total seconds in a month..

    2592000 s - 5 s = 2591995 s

    so then i said my % accuracy = 2 591 995 / 2592000 x 100% = 99.9998071%

    the answer doesn't seem right to me though... help someone >.<
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    thats the answer...u taking phys 100 too? lol

    im done haha
  • Tinana
    edited May 2007
    thanks toast :)

    yeah i'm taking it right now lol
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited May 2007
    Whoa thats a lotta numbers haha
  • Bhambra
    edited May 2007
    that's what i got too....... i didn't do the last three questions
    :(

    i hope phys gets more exciting, fast. Really fast, i mean by friday.
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    u got ur wish....quiz on friday...fu!k
  • Tinana
    edited May 2007
    no worries.. quiz only worth 2% :P
  • Bhambra
    edited May 2007
    everybody ready for the quiz?!?!
    is it all MC?
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    it wont be only just 2% if your final % is like 48 or 49 lol
  • Bhambra
    edited May 2007
    soooooooooo what did u guys think about the quiz?
    i didn't even crack a book for it.
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    ...i fart at it lol
  • Bhambra
    edited May 2007
    I can't find the second online assignment on mastering physics and its due in a day!!!
    Has anyone else found it yet??
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    nop its not up
  • Bhambra
    edited May 2007
    oooooooh k good, ( i think) . Hopefully it wont be due on wednesday still . lol. that would be cruel. are we even having an online assignment this week?
  • toast
    edited May 2007
    any1 know how to do question number 2 on assignment 3? I kinda know how, but just want to make sure with others

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