5. It took 400 rails to create one mile of track. Each rail had ten (10) spikes. Each spike needed three (3) strikes from a hammer. A fast crew could lay four (4) rails in one minute. Crews averaged five (5) miles of track per day. If the distance from Rock Island, Illinois to Sacramento, California is approximately 1800 miles: How many rails were needed? How many spikes were needed? How many hammer strikes were heard each hour? How many days were needed to complete the track?

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Jonathan pays $1.90 per pound for potatoes. he buys 8.3 pounds of potatoes. he determines that he will pay $15.77, before tax, for the potatoes. which best describes the reasonableness of jonathan’s solution? jonathan’s answer is reasonable because there are two decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because there are three decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is reasonable because is 16, and 16 is close to 15.77. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because is 8, and 8 is not very close to 15.77.

Harry owes the bank money. to repay his debt, he paid $150 back to the bank each month. after 10 months, his remaining debt was $6900. what was the original amount of harry's debt? how long did it take harry to pay back his entire debt?