Question

A popular drive-in food stand advertises that it can provide 1,063,953 fountain drink and slush combinations. Approximately how many drinks per minute would you have to order to sample all possible beverages in one year?

a) 2
b) 0.037
c) 2,900
d) 120

Answer 1

To sample all 1,063,953 combinations in one year, one would have to order approximately 2 drinks per minute, as there are 525,600 minutes in a year and dividing the total number of drink combinations by the number of minutes yields 2.02.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asked to find out how many drinks per minute they would have to order to sample all 1,063,953 fountain drink and slush combinations in one year. To find this, we need to calculate the total number of minutes in a year and divide the total number of drink combinations by this number.

First, let's find out the number of minutes in a year:

• There are 60 minutes in an hour.
• There are 24 hours in a day.
• There are 365 days in a year.

So, the total number of minutes in a year is:
60 minutes/hour × 24 hours/day × 365 days/year = 525,600 minutes/year.

Now, let's divide the number of combinations by the number of minutes:

1,063,953 combinations ÷ 525,600 minutes/year = approximately 2.02 drinks/minute.

Hence, the answer is a) 2 drinks per minute.