SOLUTION: After lunch, a supervisor asks you to put a machine together before the end of the day. It Is already 4 hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds into your 8-hour work day. How much time do
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Question 1104693: After lunch, a supervisor asks you to put a machine together before the end of the day. It Is already 4 hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds into your 8-hour work day. How much time do you have to assem
ble the machine?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8 hours minus 4 hours 20 minutes 35 seconds
Borrowing will be necessary for the subtraction of the minutes and the seconds.
60 minutes per hour;
60 seconds per minute;
7+60/60 gives you the 8 hours as hours and minutes;
7+59/60+60/60 gives you the 8 hours as hours minutes seconds
4 hours 39 minutes 25 seconds
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8 hrs = 7 hrs and 60 min
8 hrs = 7 hrs and 59 min and 60 sec
minus
-------4 hrs and 20 min and 35 sec
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-------3 hrs and 39 min and 25 sec
Is the time left to assemble machine
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