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Problem
A unit of blood expires after seconds. Yasin donates a unit of blood at noon of January 1. On what day does his unit of blood expire?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
The problem says there are seconds. Convert seconds to minutes by dividing by : minutes. Convert minutes to hours by dividing by again: hours. Convert hours to days by dividing by : days. Now we need to count days after January 1. Since we start on Jan. 1, then we can't count that as a day itself. When we reach Jan. 31(The end of the month), we only have counted 30 days. . Count more days, resulting in .
Final answer
E