SOLUTION: Emily wants to know exactly how long it takes to walk to her cousin's house, to the nearest second. She leaves her house 40 seconds after 3:15 pm and arrives at her cousin's house

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Question 1183510: Emily wants to know exactly how long it takes to walk to her cousin's house, to the nearest second. She leaves her house 40 seconds after 3:15 pm and arrives at her cousin's house 48 seconds after 3:42 pm.
Fill in the missing numbers to help Emily figure out how long the walk takes.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ankor@dixie-net.com, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
((3 hours)+(48 minutes)-(48 seconds))-((3 hours)+(15 minutes)-(40 seconds))

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32 minutes 52 seconds

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She leaves her house 40 seconds after 3:15 pm and arrives at her cousin's house 48 seconds after 3:42 pm.
Fill in the missing numbers to help Emily figure out how long the walk takes.
3:42:48
3:15:40
-----------Subtract
0:27:08
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27 min and 8 seconds
Answer by ikleyn(52770)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The time duration is


        42 - 16 = 26 minutes


    P L U S


       20 + 48 = 68 seconds = 1 minute and 8 seconds,


which is  27 minutes and 8 seconds, in total      ANSWER


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