Sunday, January 6, 2008

January 7 Problems of the Week

Option 1: Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of London and London is 7 hours ahead of Denver. If Denver is 2 hours behind Washington DC, what time is it in Washington DC at the moment 2008 begins in Tokyo?


Option 2: During Jillian’s New Year’s Eve party she wants to have several candles lit. Each candle she plans to use burns at a rate of 5 mL of wax per 15 minutes. One of these candles has a diameter of 8 centimeters and a height of 15 cm. How long will it take the candle to burn down completely? Express your answer to the nearest whole number. (Note: 1 mL = 1 cm3)


Option 3: Mike and Barbara and going to a New Year’s Eve gala and Barbara needs a new dress. She found a dress that is perfect and it is on sale for 20% off. After the discount and a 5% sales tax, the total cost of the dress was $117.60. What was the original price of the dress?

1 comment:

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