Monday, March 3, 2008

Challenge # 9 - Speaker

For each challenge that you attempt, you must show all work and box your final answer to receive credit. DO NOT ERASE! It must be submitted hand written. Comments and emails will not be accepted. Remember, I cannot help you with these! Worth 3 points. Due: March 14, 2008

The Question:
A speaker comes to your school to make a sixty minute presentation in the auditorium. Thirty percent of the students in attendance heard the entire speech and 10 percent slept through the entire talk. Half of the remaining students heard one-fourth of the speech and the other half heard three-fourths of the talk. What was the average number of minutes of the talk heard by the students in the audience?

No comments: