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Mr. Lopez was taking a drive to the mountains with his family they arrived at the mountains at 3:09 PM if the drive was two hours and 36 minutes long what time do Mr. Lopez family leave 

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Answer:

they left at 12:34

Explanation:

I did the math

User Carl Prothman
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Answer:

12:33 pm

Explanation:

Often, problems involving addition and subtraction of time values are best worked in 24-hour "military" time.

Here, we want to know the time that is 2:36 before 3:09 pm. We can write 3:09 pm as 15:09. Then the difference is ...

starting time + travel time = ending time

starting time = ending time - travel time

starting time = 15:09 -2:36 = (15-2):(09-36) = 13:(-27) = 12:33

Mr Lopez's family left at 12:33 PM.

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There are 60 minutes in an hour. 60-27=33.

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