Using proportions, it is found that the life span of the person would be 14 years, 212 days and 22 hours shorter.
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- 2 packs a day for 35 years is 40 cigarettes a day for 12775 days, as
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- Thus, a total of 511000 cigarettes, as
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- Assuming each cigarette costs 15 minutes of life, the person loses 7665000 minutes of life, as
- One year has 525600 minutes, thus the person loses 14 years of life, as
- Looking at the decimal part, the person loses 212 days of life, as
- Again looking at the decimal part, 22 hours, as
- Thus, the person loses 14 years, 212 days and 22 hours of life.
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