If snow accumulation increased at a constant rate of 30 millimeters pe

Question

If snow accumulation increased at a constant rate of 30 millimeters per hour during a certain snowstorm, how many seconds did it take for snow accumulation to increase by 1 millimeter?

A. 1/120
B. 1/60
C. 1/20
D. 20
E. 120

BrentGMATPrepNow · Accepted Answer

Let's keep listing EQUIVALENT RATES until we get to  1  millimeter

30  millimeters per  hour  =  30  millimeters per  60 minutes 
=  30  millimeters per  3600 SECONDS 
=  3  millimeters per  360 SECONDS 
=  1  millimeter per  120 SECONDS

Answer: E

Cheers,
Brent

generis · Answer

I suspect the trap answer is A. It is easy to overlook units.

Shortcut: 1 hour = 3600 seconds
  \frac{30mm}{1hour}=\frac{30mm}{3600secs}=\frac{1mm}{120secs}

Units are not the same. The answer is not A. In 120 seconds, 1mm of snow will accumulate.

Answer E

No shortcut:   (\frac{30mm}{1hour}*\frac{1hour}{60mins}*\frac{1min}{60secs})=\frac{30mm}{(60*60)secs}=\frac{30mm}{3600secs}

In the parentheses, hours and minutes cancel. Factor out 30, write the final units:   \frac{1mm}{120secs}

Answer E

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Recalling that 1 hour = 3600 seconds, we can create the equation:

30/3600 = 1/x

1/120 = 1/x

x = 120

Answer: E

Hero8888 · Answer

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Kinshook · Answer

Given: Snow accumulation increased at a constant rate of 30 millimeters per hour during a certain snowstorm.

Asked: How many seconds did it take for snow accumulation to increase by 1 millimeter?

30 millimeters snow is accumulated in 1 hours = 3600 seconds
1 millimetre snow will be accumulated in = 3600/30 = 120 seconds

IMO E

Basshead · Answer

30 millimeters = 1 hour
 \frac{1}{2}  millimeters = 1 minute
 \frac{1}{120}  millimeters = 1 second

\frac{1}{120} * 120 seconds = 1 millimeter

Answer is E.

spy2206 · Answer

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Bunuel · Answer

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AnishPassi · Answer

While reading the question, I notice that there’s some variation in units going on. The key in this question is to keep track of the units.

The given constant rate is 30 millimeters per hour.

We are asked to figure out the time it would take for 1 mm of snow to accumulate  in seconds .

Let me get into minutes first.

30 mm in 60 minutes. 
 So, 1 mm in 2 minutes.

Answer choices A, B and C are less than 1 second. Too small. Rejected.

Even 20 seconds (D) is too low.

2 minutes =120 seconds. (E).

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