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cliff hanger smokes 1 pack of cigarettes per day. How many cigarettes will be smoke in 7 years of smoking at that rate? (1 pack =20 cigarettes)

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49,000 maybe .............

User Vasiliykarasev
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50 960 cigarettes. If Cliffhanger smokes 1 pack of cigarettes per day, he will smoke 50 960 cigarettes in 7 years.

We use the factor label method to convert

years → weeks → days → packs → cigarettes

No of days = 7 yr x (52 wk/1 yr) x (7 days/1 wk) = 2548 days

No. of packs = 2548 days x (1 pack/1 day) = 2548 packs

No. of cigarettes = 2548 packs x (20 cigarettess/1 pack) = 50 960 cigarettes


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