All categories

3 years ago

a sand timer has 5 5/16 ounces of sand. of sand falls at a rate of 2.5 ounces per minute, how many minutes will the timer last?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Hitman42 [59]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

about 2 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

first lets make everything in the same term

so 2.5 =2 1/2

then divide 5 5/16 by 2 1/2

or 85/16 divided by 5/2

you get 2 1/8

so you have about 2 minutes before the timer runs out

You might be interested in

A school has 17 tables in the cafeteria. Each table seats 12 students. What is the

Scorpion4ik [409]

Answer: 204 students

Step-by-step explanation: To find out the greatest number of students that can fit at the 17 tables in the school cafeteria, we simply need to multiply the number of students that can fit at each table by the number of tables.

12 students can fit at 1 table and there are 17 tables.

So we have (12)(17) which is 204.

So the greatest number of students that can be seated din the cafeteria is 204 students.

8 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

May I please get help with other this problem for I am confused as I have tried multiple times to get the right answer

Aleks [24]

Using pythagoras

$\begin{gathered} x^2=16^2+12^2 \\ x^2=256+144 \\ x^2=400 \\ \text{Take the square root} \\ x=20 \end{gathered}$

The final answer

$20$

5 0

1 year ago

The variables y and x have a proportional relationship, and y =5 when x=4

patriot [66]

Answer:The value of x is 6.4

Step-by-step explanation:

5/8=4/x use cross product.

5x=32 divide both sides by 5

x = 6.4

3 0

3 years ago

Which equation can be used to find the surface area of the cylinder?

UNO [17]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

SA= 2*r*r*pi + 2*pi*r*h

= 2*6*6*3.14 + 2*3.14*6*8

4 0

2 years ago

Which expression is equivalent to 10f - 5f + 8 + 6g + 4? I’ll mark Brainliest :D

IrinaK [193]

Answer:

The answer is 5f + 6g +12

Step-by-step explanation:

3 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers