Question

In every day speech, in a jiffy means in a very short time. In science, a specific value sometimes assigned to a jiffy is 1/100 s. Naima can type at 50 words/min. On average, how many jiffies does she take to type each word?

Answer 1

Naima takes 120 jiffies to type each word.

Step-by-step explanation:

We must convert Naima's typing speed from words per minute to words per second in order to determine how many jiffies it takes her to type a word. Naima can type 50–60 words per minute because a minute consists of 60 seconds. The next task is to calculate the number of seconds required to enter a single word. Naima can type 50/60 words per second, hence one word takes 1/(50/60) seconds to type. Simplifying, this comes out to 60/50 seconds, or 6/5 seconds. Lastly, we divide the time in seconds by the jiffy value of 1/100 s to determine how many jiffies it takes to type a single word. Naima must thus type each word in (6/5)/(1/100) = 600/5 = 120 jiffies.