2008 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at 8:30 AM. At 11:10 AM the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job?
Solution
The machine completes one third of the job in . Thus the entire job is completed in
. Since the machine is started at
, the job is finished
hours later at
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