Blink Away!
  • From birth, a normal person blinks an average of 25 times a minute when awake. Assume you sleep exactly 8 hours a day and that each year is exactly 365.25 days long. You are currently 11 years old. On your next birthday, how many times will you have blinked since your birth? Express your answer to the nearest million.

Answer:    
  Please enter a numerical answer
(ex. 1000 or 2.033) and click GO.		    

Contest problems and answers provided by:

David Rock
rock_david@colstate.edu
Columbus State University

Doug Brumbaugh
brumbad@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
University of Central Florida