2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
A unit of blood expires after seconds. Yasin donates a unit of blood at noon of January 1. On what day does his unit of blood expire?
Solution 1
There are seconds that the blood has before expiring and there are seconds in a day. Dividing gives days. days after January 1 is .
Solution 2
. Convert seconds to minutes: minutes. Convert minutes to hours: hours. Convert hours to days: days.
days after January 1 is
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