Math Problem Statement
Suppose you wanted to send the movie to a friend via your cellphone. You find that you can upload about 39.3 Megabits per second. Using the fact that 1 megabit = 125 kilobytes use fraction multiplication to find out how long it would take to send the movie Oppenheimer to your friend. Express your answer as a unit of time that is reasonable.
Solution
To find out how long it will take to send the movie, we first need to break the problem into manageable steps. Here’s the approach:
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Convert the upload speed to a more usable unit:
- The upload speed is given as Megabits per second (Mbps).
- Given that Megabit = kilobytes, let's convert the upload speed from Megabits per second to kilobytes per second:
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Estimate the size of the movie:
- The movie Oppenheimer has an approximate file size of GB (this can vary based on quality, but we will assume GB for simplicity).
- Convert GB to kilobytes:
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Calculate the time required: Now that we know the upload speed in kilobytes per second and the movie size in kilobytes, we can calculate the time to upload the movie: Let's calculate that:
- Convert time into a more reasonable unit: We can convert seconds to minutes:
So, it would take approximately 13.6 minutes to upload and send the movie.
Would you like more details on any part of this solution?
Here are 5 related questions for further exploration:
- What would happen if the upload speed varied during the upload?
- How would the time change if the movie size were doubled?
- How does download speed affect the time it takes for your friend to receive the movie?
- What is the difference between Megabits and Megabytes, and how do they affect transmission times?
- How would adding compression affect the upload time?
Tip: Always double-check whether your upload and download speeds are measured in Megabits (Mb) or Megabytes (MB); they are quite different!
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Math Problem Analysis
Mathematical Concepts
Unit Conversion
Rates and Proportions
Division of Large Numbers
Formulas
Upload speed (kbps) = Upload speed (Mbps) × 125
Time = File size (kilobytes) ÷ Upload speed (kilobytes per second)
Theorems
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Suitable Grade Level
Grades 9-12
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