2008 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
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- The following problem is from both the 2008 AMC 12A #1 and 2008 AMC 10A #1, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at 
. At 
the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job?
Solution
The machine completes one-third of the job in 
hours. Thus, the entire job is completed in 
hours.
Since the machine was started at 
, the job will be finished 
hours later, at 
. The answer is 
.
See Also
| 2008 AMC 12A (Problems • Resources) | ||
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| 2008 AMC 10A (Problems • Resources) | ||
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