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Revision as of 21:03, 19 November 2022

Problem

A donkey suffers an attack of hiccups and the first hiccup happens at $4:00$ one afternoon. Suppose that the donkey hiccups regularly every $5$ seconds. At what time does the donkey’s $700$th hiccup occur?

$\textbf{(A) }15 \text{ seconds after } 4:58$

$\textbf{(B) }20 \text{ seconds after } 4:58$

$\textbf{(C) }25 \text{ seconds after } 4:58$

$\textbf{(D) }30 \text{ seconds after } 4:58$

$\textbf{(E) }35 \text{ seconds after } 4:58$

Troll Solution

Obviously, the donkey will have its $700$th hiccup $700\cdot 5 = 3500$ seconds after the moment it started. This is $4\text{:}00 + 3500~\text{seconds}=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}~20 \text { seconds after } 4\text{:}58}$.

This is not correct, though. Hiccup number $1$ occurred at $4\text{:}00$, so actually the time of hiccup $n$ is $4\text{:}00 + 5(n-1)~\text{seconds}$.

Solution 1

Since the donkey hiccupped the 1st hiccup at $4:00$, he hiccupped for $5 \cdot (700-1) = 3495$ seconds, which is $58$ minutes and $15$ seconds, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A) }15 \text{ seconds after } 4:58}$.

~MrThinker

Solution 2 (Faster)

We see that the minute has already been determined. The donkey hiccups once every 5 seconds, or 12 times a minute. $700\equiv4$ (mod 12), so the 700th hiccup happened on the same second as the 4th, which occurred on the $3(4-1)=15$th second. $\boxed{\textbf{(A) }15 \text{ seconds after } 4:58}$.

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Video Solution 1

https://youtu.be/7q45hNtIelU

~Education, the Study of Everything

See Also

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