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A donkey suffers an attack of hiccups and the first hiccup happens at 4:00 one afternoon. Suppose that the donkey hiccups regularly every 5 seconds. At what time does the donkey’s 700th hiccup occur?15 seconds after 4:5820 seconds after 4:5825 seconds after 4:5830 seconds after 4:5835 seconds after 4:58

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Answer:

At 4:58.

Explanation:

The time for the 700th hiccup is 5 * 7000

= 3500 seconds.

= 3500/60

= 58.33 minutes,

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