Every 30 minutes, 500 Americans are involved in vehicular accidents. How many vehicular accidents occur in 600 minutes?

A 10,000 accidents.

explanation

In order to find out how many vehicle accidents occur over a 600-minute period, you need to start by finding out how many 30-minute periods are in 600 minutes. 600 \u00F7 30 = 20 periods Next, multiply the number of periods by the number of accidents per period. 20 \u00D7 500 = 10,000