Question

On a hot summer day, Judith and her friends decided to have a water fight. They threw water balloons for 1 hour and 13 minutes. When all the water balloons were gone, they sprayed water with hoses for 21 minutes. The water fight ended at 1:08 P.M. when Judith's dad showed up with ice cream. What time did the water fight start?

Answer 1

11:34 AM

Explanation:

To find out the start time of the water fight, we need to subtract the total time it took from the end time.

End time: 1:08 P.M.

Total time: 1 hour and 13 minutes for water balloons + 21 minutes for hoses = 1 hour and 34 minutes

So, we subtract 1 hour and 34 minutes from 1:08 P.M.

1 hour before 1:08 P.M. is 12:08 P.M.

34 minutes before 12:08 P.M. is 11:34 A.M.

Therefore, the water fight started at 11:34 A.M.