Question

A car park charges 0.018 euros per minute Claude parked his car in this car park at 13:15

When he drove out of the car park he had to pay 4.50 euros
What time did Claude drive out of the car park

Answer 1

5.25 pm

Explanation:

To find out the time Claude drove out of the car park, we need to determine the duration of his stay first. Let's assume Claude parked his car for x minutes.

Given that the car park charges 0.018 euros per minute, we can set up the following equation to calculate the total cost:

0.018 * x = 4.50

To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.018:

x = 4.50 / 0.018

x ≈ 250

Therefore, Claude parked his car for approximately 250 minutes.

If Claude parked his car at 13:15, we can calculate the time he drove out by adding 250 minutes to the initial time:

13:15 + 250 minutes ≈ 17:25

So, Claude drove out of the car park at approximately 17:25 (or 5:25 PM).