There is a tree that has 62 apples growing on it. Every 2 hours and 50 minutes, a single apple falls off of the tree. If the apples only fell off one at a time, how long would it take for the tree to lose all of its apples?
+33653 If you start timing from the instant the first apple falls off then the time is 170*61mins because there are only another 61 left to fall!
$${\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{170}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{61}} \Rightarrow {\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{10\,370}}$$ minutes
t ≈ 7.2 days
+129840 2 hrs + 50 min = 170 min
170 x 62 = 10540 min / 60 min = about 176.66 hrs. = about 7.3 days
+33653 If you start timing from the instant the first apple falls off then the time is 170*61mins because there are only another 61 left to fall!
$${\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{170}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{61}} \Rightarrow {\mathtt{t}} = {\mathtt{10\,370}}$$ minutes
t ≈ 7.2 days
