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padel
fuj
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High School - 9th Grade

If a supercomputer can perform a single operation in 10^(-2) of a second, how many operations can it perform in 60 seconds ?

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Posted by fuj on Saturday June 27, 2009 at 5:45 PM and tagged with math, word problem.

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  1. kjcdb8er
    kjcdb8er Teacher

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    One operation in 10^-2 seconds is the same as 100 times per second (0.01 operations/sec). Thus in 60 seconds, 6,000 operations will be performed.

    That's not a very super supercomputer.

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    Posted by kjcdb8er on Saturday June 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM

  2. neela
    neela Teacher
    Graduate School

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    Time for one single operation = 10^(-2) seconds.

    Therefore, the number of operations in 1 second = 1/10^2= 10^2.

    Therefore, the number of operations in 60 seconds =60*10^2 = = 6000

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    Posted by neela on Saturday June 27, 2009 at 6:26 PM

  3. brian5
    brian5 Teacher
    Graduate School

    fuj,

    a supercomputre can perform a single operation in

    10^(-2) of a second, it can perform 10^2 = 100 operations a

    second. This means that in 60 seconds, the supercomputer

    can perform 100 * 60 = 6000 operations in 60 seconds.

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    Posted by brian5 on Sunday June 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM