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Find the elapsed time.
Start: 11:55 A.M.
End: 5:10 P.M.

User Ryan Olson
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Answer:

5 hours and 15 minutes

Explanation:

From 11:55 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. is 5 minutes.

From 12:00 P.M. to 12:10 P.M. is 10 minutes.

From 12:10 P.M. to 5:10 P.M. is 5 hours.

If you add all of that up to get the time that has elapsed, you will get 5 hours and 15 minutes.

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