each boxing match is 3 minutes. If there are 12 boxing matches and one minutes breaks between each match, there is no knockouts, what is the total time for all the matches?
HOW WOULD YOU DO IT
IS THERE ARE NO KNOCKOUTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS PROBLEM?
Four answers:
Sarah
2008-12-13 13:23:12 UTC
The fact that there were no knockouts is important because that means all the matches went for the entire three minutes and did not finish before time was up.
12 matches X 3 minutes = 36 minutes of fight time
1 minute break X 11 breaks = 11 minutes of break time
36 + 11 = 47 minutes from start to finish
Passionately Curious
2008-12-13 21:22:14 UTC
There are 12 boxing matches which are 3 minutes long each. They take 12 * 3 = 36 minutes.
There is a break before each match except the first one (or after each one except the last one). Either way, you have 11 breaks, each 1 minute long. They take 11 * 1 = 11 minutes.
the total time is 36 + 11 = 47 minutes.
Yes, the fact that there were no knockouts is important. If there was a knockout, that match would have finished when the person was knocked out and wouldn't have been 3 minutes long. If there were any knockouts, they would have had to tell you how long each of those matches lasted, otherwise it would have been impossible to solve.
anonymous
2008-12-13 21:17:29 UTC
3*12 = 36 minutes of boxing
10 minutes total between (1 before the first and second matches and 1 between rthe second and third matches etc...)
Only if there had been knockout, because that would have shortened a match.
46 Minutes from the start of first till end of last. Your statement says "what is the time for all the matches." That does not necessarily mean that the, 1 minute, intermissions actually count. If they don't count then it is 36 minutes.
ravipr93
2008-12-13 21:20:56 UTC
12*3=36
12*1=12
36+12=48 minutes
Yes, because a KO would end a fight before the 3 minutes of a match were up.
Good luck.
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