Question

Andrew is going on a hike to the top of a mountain. It will take 3 hours and 14 minutes to

hike up the mountain and 1 hour and 53 minutes to hike back down. If Andrew wants to
finish the hike by 1:48 P.M., what is the latest time he can start the hike up the mountain?
8:41 A.M.
11:55 A.M.
1:18 P.M.
2:03 P.M.

Answer 1

You can eliminate two options here: 1:18PM and 2:03PM.

This leaves two options.

Combining the time it takes to hike to the top and hiking back down, it should take 5h 7m.

That would not be possible at 11:15AM, which leaves one possible answer.

8:41 AM.

Checking if it's correct, you can add 5 hours and 7 minutes to 8:41 AM and it will be 1:48 PM.