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When Rachel last checked the clock it was 3:52 pm.

It is now 5:00 pm.

How much time has elapsed?

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Answer: 1 hour and 8 minutes or 68 minutes.

Explanation:

For this question I would start by finding how many minutes it would take to get to 4pm since it's the closest hour to 3:52 pm.

If we think of the 00 in 4:00 as 60, then we can do 60-52=8.

Then we know that 4:00 + 1 hour is 5:00.

To find the final answer add 8 minutes + 1 hour, which is 1 hour and 8 minutes.

This can also be answered as 68 minutes because, 60 minutes (1 hour) +8 minutes = 68 minutes.

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