2002 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 18

Problem

Gage skated $1$ hr $15$ min each day for $5$ days and $1$ hr $30$ min each day for $3$ days. How long would he have to skate the ninth day in order to average $85$ minutes of skating each day for the entire time?

$\text{(A)}\ \text{1 hr}\qquad\text{(B)}\ \text{1 hr 10 min}\qquad\text{(C)}\ \text{1 hr 20 min}\qquad\text{(D)}\ \text{1 hr 40 min}\qquad\text{(E)}\ \text{2 hr}$

Solution 1

Converting into minutes and adding, we get that she skated $75*5+90*3+x = 375+270+x = 645+x$ minutes total, where $x$ is the amount she skated on day $9$. Dividing by $9$ to get the average, we get $\frac{645+x}{9}=85$. Solving for $x$, \[645+x=765\] \[x=120\] Now we convert back into hours and minutes to get $\boxed{\text{(E)}\ 2\ \text{hr}}$.

Solution 2

For the first five days, each day you are $10$ minutes short of $85$ minutes. And for the next three days, you are $5$ minutes above $85$ minutes. So in total you are missing $3*5-5*10$, which equals to negative $35$. So on the ninth day, to have an average of $85$ minutes, Gage need to skate for $85+35$ minutes, which is $120$ minutes, or $\boxed{\text{(E)}\ 2\ \text{hr}}$.

Video Solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1C64_qBH4 ~David

See Also

2002 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 17
Followed by
Problem 19
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