2022 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 4
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A donkey suffers an attack of hiccups and the first hiccup happens at one afternoon. Suppose that the donkey hiccups regularly every seconds. At what time does the donkey’s th hiccup occur?
Solution 1
Since the donkey hiccupped the 1st hiccup at , he hiccupped for seconds, which is minutes and seconds, so the answer is .
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Solution 2 (Faster)
We see that the minute has already been determined. The donkey hiccups once every 5 seconds, or 12 times a minute. (mod 12), so the 700th hiccup happened on the same second as the 4th, which occurred on the th second. .
~not_slay and HIPHOPFROG1
Bogus Solution
Obviously, the donkey will have its th hiccup seconds after the moment it started. This is .
This is not correct, though. Hiccup number occurred at , so actually the time of hiccup is .
Video Solution 1
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