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Revision as of 21:30, 8 February 2018
Contents
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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See Also
| 2018 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 2 |
Followed by Problem 4 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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