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Colin put a pie in the oven at 1:35 p. M. He took the pie out at 2:17 p. M. How long was the pie in the oven?

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Answer:

42 minutes

Explanation:

there are 60 minutes in one hour.

from 12 pm, 1 hour and 35 minutes have passed to get to 1:35 pm

from 12 pm, 2 hours and 17 minutes have passed to get to 2:17 pm

we are trying to figure out the start to end time, or the difference between the times

2 hours and 17 minutes - 1 hour and 35 minutes

1 hour = 60 minutes

if we convert everything to minutes we can get a definitive time in one single unit

2 hours = 1 hour * 2 = 60 minutes * 2 = 120 minutes

1 hour = 60 minutes

plug these in

(120 + 17) minutes - (60 + 35) minutes

= 137 minutes - 95 minutes

= 42 minutes as our answer

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