One-Chance Broadcast and the Club Fair
At Sakuragaoka Junior High in Gunma, third-year student Haruka is listening to a one-time morning broadcast about the upcoming club fair. The broadcast says: 'The club fair will start at 3:30 on Friday in the gym, not in Room 204 as the printed schedule says. Students who want to join a club must bring their student ID and submit the sign-up card by 4:15. Route 3 buses will leave at 4:40, ten minutes later than usual, because of road work near the station.' Haruka writes three notes: 'Friday, gym, 3:30'; 'ID + card by 4:15'; 'bus 3 at 4:30.' Her friend Ken plans to leave early because he thinks the fair is in Room 204 and the usual bus is at 4:30. Haruka can send only one short message before class starts. She is not sure whether to correct Ken's room, time, or bus note first.
1. Which single correction should Haruka send first if Ken's main risk is missing the club fair entirely? Explain using the broadcast details.
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The first message should be: 'The fair is in the gym, not Room 204.' Ken's biggest risk is going to the wrong place at 3:30, because the printed schedule is wrong and the broadcast corrects it. If he goes to Room 204, he may wait there while the fair begins in the gym. The ID and card deadline is also important, but he can carry his ID and card anyway. The bus change is least urgent for the fair itself: Route 3 now leaves at 4:40, which is later than usual, so he will not miss the bus by arriving at the fair on time. A single location correction prevents the most direct failure.
2. Haruka's bus note says 4:30, but the broadcast gives a different time. What should her final note say, and what listening error did she make?
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Her bus note should read: 'Route 3 leaves at 4:40, not 4:30.' The broadcast says the bus is ten minutes later than usual because of road work. Since the usual time was 4:30, adding ten minutes gives 4:40. Haruka's note keeps the old time, probably because she heard 'ten minutes later' but did not apply it to the 4:30 figure. She should also add 'road work' only if space allows; the time is the essential correction. A useful message is: 'Bus 3 now 4:40, not 4:30 - road work.'