SOLUTION: suppose it took you 2hrs. and 20mins. to hike to the top of the mountain and only 1hr. and 45mins. to hike back down,how much time did you spend hiking in all?
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Question 605370: suppose it took you 2hrs. and 20mins. to hike to the top of the mountain and only 1hr. and 45mins. to hike back down,how much time did you spend hiking in all?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add up the times:
2 hrs 20 min
+ 1 hr 45 min
----------------
3 hrs 65 min
But 65 min = 1 hr 5 min, so we carry that extra hour over and add it to the 3 hrs already there.
This means that the answer is 4 hrs 5 min
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