During Bill's three-hour meeting, the word global was used, on average, once every five minutes during the first two hours. If the word global was used 54 times throughout the meeting, then what was the average number of minutes between uses in the third hour?
There are 180 minutes in 3 hours and 120 minutes in two hours.
120 / 5 = 24
The word global was used 24 times in the first two hours.
So, in the third hour, the word was used 30 times.
60 / 30 = 2, which is the answer.
To find the average number of minutes between uses of the word "global" in the third hour, we need to know the total number of minutes in the third hour and the total number of times the word "global" was used in the third hour.
Let's first find the total number of minutes in the third hour.
Since the meeting lasted for a total of three hours, the third hour would be the remaining time after the first two hours. Therefore, the third hour would comprise 3 - 2 = 1 hour.
Since 1 hour consists of 60 minutes, the total number of minutes in the third hour is 60.
Now, we need to find the total number of times the word "global" was used in the third hour.
In the first two hours, the word "global" was used on average once every five minutes. So, if we assume that the frequency of word usage was constant throughout the entire meeting, then the total number of times the word "global" was used in the first two hours would be 2 * 60 / 5 = 24.
Therefore, the total number of times the word "global" was used in the third hour is 54 - 24 = 30.
Finally, to find the average number of minutes between uses of the word "global" in the third hour, we divide the total number of minutes in the third hour (60) by the total number of times the word "global" was used in the third hour (30):
Average minutes between uses = 60 / 30 = 2.
Hence, the average number of minutes between uses of the word "global" in the third hour is 2 minutes.
To find the average number of minutes between uses of the word "global" in the third hour, we need to determine how many times the word was used in the third hour and divide it by the length of the third hour.
First, let's find the number of times the word "global" was used in the first two hours. If it was used, on average, once every five minutes, and the first two hours comprise 120 minutes (2 hours x 60 minutes), then the word was used 120 minutes / 5 minutes per use = 24 times in the first two hours.
Now, to find the number of times the word "global" was used in the third hour, we subtract the number of times it was used in the first two hours from the total number of times it was used throughout the meeting. Thus, 54 total uses - 24 uses in the first two hours = 30 uses in the third hour.
Finally, to find the average number of minutes between uses in the third hour, we divide the length of the third hour (60 minutes) by the number of uses in that hour: 60 minutes / 30 uses = 2 minutes between uses.
Therefore, the average number of minutes between uses of the word "global" in the third hour was 2 minutes.