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Julio had 20 minutes to do a three-problem quiz. He spent 11 1 4 minutes on question A and 5 4 5 minutes on question B. How much time did he have left for question C?

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Answer:

2 19/20 minutes

Explanation:

Julio had 20 minutes to do a three-problem quiz. He spent 11 1 /4 minutes on question A and 5 4 /5 minutes on question B. How much time did he have left for question C?

The total number of minutes =

Number of minutes spent doing question (A + B + C)

Hence,

Hence, the number of minutes he had left for Question C is calculated as:

20 minutes - ( 11 1/4 + 5 4/5) minutes

20 minutes - ( 11 + 5 ( 1/4 + 4/5))

Lowest common denominator = 20

20 minutes - ( 16 + ( 5 + 16/20)

20 minutes - ( 16 + 21/20) minutes

20 minutes - (16 + 1 1/20) minutes

20 minutes - 17 1/20 minutes

= 2 19/20 minutes

Therefore he had 2 19/20 minutes left for Question C

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