Question

Many counties in Florida missed many school days in the fall of 2004 due to hurricanes that year. A solution for how to make up those days was to add time to each school day for a portion of the year. It was decided that in order to make up a 6 hour school day, 10 minutes would be added to each day. How many extended days would be needed to make up 3 school days?

Answer 1

Answer:

108 extended days

Explanation:

Regular school hours a day = 6 hr

No. of school days to make up by extending the  regular hours = 3 days

Amount of time added to the regular hours of school = 10 min

No. of extended school days to make up the 3 school days by following the above mentioned criteria be x.

Time of school hours in 3 days = $3\times 6= 18\,hr\,\,\,\, ;or\,\,\, (18\times 60)\,minutes$

$\therefore x=\frac{18\times 60}{10}$

$x=108\,\,days$ are required to make up 3 days of school having 6 hours of regular timing with 10 minutes of add-on time each day.