Q. Timothy has to take out the trash every day at his house. There are 11 trash cans in his house and it takes him 14 seconds per trash can to empty them into the big trash can in the garbage. About how many minutes does he spend emptying the trash in a seven day week?
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A. Do I mulpite 14 by 11, than take the answer and divide by 7?
Yes. 154 seconds per day
Yes, 11 * 14
Multiply that product by 7 to find the number of seconds per week.
Finally divide the number of seconds by 60 to find the number of minutes per week.
okay for 11 * 14 is that 154?
ohh i got it! is it 2 whole minutes?
Yes, you are on the right track! To calculate the approximate number of minutes Timothy spends emptying the trash in a seven-day week, you would first find the total time it takes him to empty all of the trash cans in a day, and then multiply that by 7 to account for each day of the week.
To find the total time Timothy spends emptying the trash cans in a day, you would multiply the time it takes him to empty one trash can (14 seconds) by the number of trash cans in his house (11). So the total time spent in a day would be 14 seconds x 11 trash cans.
Next, you would multiply the total time spent in a day by 7, because there are 7 days in a week. This will give you the total time spent emptying the trash in a week.
Finally, since the given time is in seconds, if you want to find the answer in minutes, you would convert the total time spent to minutes by dividing it by 60.
Here's a step-by-step calculation:
Total time spent in a day = 14 seconds/trash can x 11 trash cans = 154 seconds.
Total time spent in a week = 154 seconds/day x 7 days = 1078 seconds.
Total time spent in a week (in minutes) = 1078 seconds / 60 seconds/min ≈ 17.97 minutes.
Therefore, Timothy spends approximately 17.97 minutes emptying the trash in a seven-day week.