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Correct answer: Pool volume: 15,000 * 10,000 * 3,000 = 450,000,000,000mm^3 Convert to ml: 450,000,000,000/1000 = 450,000,000ml (1ml = 1cm^3 or 1000mm^3) Take 90%: 450,000,000 * 0.9 = 405,000,000ml Determine volume of gin (1/6th): 405,000,000 / 6 = 67,500,000ml Determine volume of tonic (5/6ths): 67,500,000 * 5 = 337,500,000ml Bottles of gin: 67,500,000 / 750 = 90,000 750ml bottles Bottles of tonic: 337,500,000 / 250 = 1,350,000 250ml bottles Cost of gin: 90,000 * 20 = $1,800,000 Cost of tonic: 1,350,000 * 2.25 = $3,037,500 Total cost: 1,800,000 + 3,037,500 = $4,837,500 Top 5 incorrect answers: Rank 1 Answer: 0 Seen: 1,211 times. For some reason people thought it would cost Howard nothing to fill his pool full of booze. How this incorrect answer was calculated: Beats me. Rank 2 Answer: 4,837,500,000 Seen: 1,136 times. In this answer people forgot to convert into ml, or thought 1mm^3 was 1ml. Four billion bucks is a lot of bucks. How this incorrect answer was calculated: Pool volume: 15,000 * 10,000 * 3,000 = 450,000,000,000mm^3 Take 90%: 450,000,000,000 * 0.9 = 405,000,000,000ml Determine volume of gin (1/6th): 405,000,000,000 / 6 = 67,500,000,000ml Determine volume of tonic (5/6ths): 67,500,000,000 * 5 = 337,500,000,000ml Bottles of gin: 67,500,000,000 / 750 = 90,000,000 750ml bottles Bottles of tonic: 337,500,000,000 / 250 = 1,350,000,000 250ml bottles Cost of gin: 90,000,000 * 20 = $1,800,000,000 Cost of tonic: 1,350,000,000 * 2.25 = $3,037,500,000 Total cost: 1,800,000,000 + 3,037,500,000 = $4,837,500,000 Rank 3 Answer: 5,000 Seen: 812 times. This was the answer format example. I never give the answer in the answer format example! Stop doing it! I beg you! How this incorrect answer was calculated: Beats me. Rank 4 Answer: 6,328,125 Seen: 671 times. The problem here was using one bottle of gin for every 5 bottles of tonic insteal of ml. How this incorrect answer was calculated: Pool volume: 15,000 * 10,000 * 3,000 = 450,000,000,000mm^3 Convert to ml: 450,000,000,000/1000 = 450,000,000ml (1ml = 1cm^3 or 1000mm^3) Take 90%: 450,000,000 * 0.9 = 405,000,000ml One bottle of gin and 5 of tonic: 750 + 250 * 5 = 2,000ml Cost of this concoction: 1 * 20 + 5 * 2.25 = $31.25 Number of 2L concoctions in pool: 405,000,000 / 2,000 = 202,500 concoctions Total cost: $6,328,125 Rank 5 Answer: blank as in "" Seen: 561 times. I suppose some people just like to hit submit. How this incorrect answer was calulated: Perhaps just accidental presses? |