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NClaborn

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A production engineer wanted to know how long it should take to make metal rods with a lathe. Four rods were made, and the time was recorded. The results were 28.5 seconds, 29.2 seconds, 31.8 seconds, and 29.7 seconds. Compute the total time to make all four rods.

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Dennis Rogers and Betty Chin opened a new art gallery. To help them get started, they borrowed 18,500 for one and one-half years at 8 ordinary simple interest (360-day year). Compute the total amount that they will repay.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

28.5 + 29.2 + 31.8 + 29.7 = 119.2 seconds

Answer to Question 2

I = PRT = 18,500  0.08  1.5 = 2,220; 18,500 + 2,220 = 20,720


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Reply #2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Thank you :)


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