Question

The 2010 tennis match that lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes beat the previous record for the longest match by how many hours?

Answer 1

We conclude that the tennis match from 2010 beat the previous record for 4 hours and 32 minutes.

Explanation:

We know that the 2010 tennis match that lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes.

We know that before that the longest tennis match was played at the French open, and it lasted 6 hours and 33 minutes.

We have

11h + 5m=11· 60m+5m=665 minutes

6h + 33m=6·60m+33m=393 minutes

We get

665m -393m=272 minutes

272 minutes=4·60m + 32m= 4h+ 32m

We conclude that the tennis match from 2010 beat the previous record for 4 hours and 32 minutes.