SOLUTION: The movie finished at 9:55 pm if it shown 1 hour and 43 minutes, when was the movie started?

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Question 805785: The movie finished at 9:55 pm if it shown 1 hour and 43 minutes, when was the movie started?

Answer by AnlytcPhil(1807)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
  9:55 PM
 -1:43
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  8:12 PM

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Note:  If it had finished at 9:20 PM you would have 
needed to borrow 60 minutes from 9 o'clock and 
considered 9:20 PM as 8:80 PM:

 8:80 PM
-1:43
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 7:37 PM 

Edwin
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