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Nina_Nia Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
A sentence from Titanic
Hello,
Would you please explain to me the meaning of 'times' and the use of 'heads' in this sentence?
'I did the sum in my heads;The number of lifeboats times the capacity, and it seems that there isn't enough for everyone on board.
Does it mean that the number of lifeboats exceeds the capacity?
Thanks
Would you please explain to me the meaning of 'times' and the use of 'heads' in this sentence?
'I did the sum in my heads;The number of lifeboats times the capacity, and it seems that there isn't enough for everyone on board.
Does it mean that the number of lifeboats exceeds the capacity?
Thanks
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Heads should be head , and simply means the person did the math mentally as opposed to doing it with pencil and paper or calculator. In this context times means multiplied by.
- Heads should be head , and simply means the person did the math mentally as opposed to doing it with pencil and paper or calculator.
- In this context times means multiplied by.
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Heads should be head, and simply means the person did the math mentally as opposed to doing it with pencil and paper or calculator.
In this context times means multiplied by.
In this context times means multiplied by.
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Rosemary34Does it mean that the number of lifeboats exceeds the capacity?No-- I don't even know what it would mean for the number of lifeboats to exceed the capacity. (The capacity of what?)
It means that the number of lifeboats multiplied by the capacity of each lifeboat equals the total number of people that will fit in all the lifeboats together.
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