Question

Drawing a time line that shows 9:00, and then counting backward 5 minutes at a time until you get to 5 minutes. Then count backward 1 more minute(s) for a total elapsed time of ____ minutes.

Answer 1

54 minutes

Explanation:

The elapsed time typically refers to the amount of time spent from the beginning of an event to the end of such event. Now id we have a time line; that shows 9:00; then if we count backward 5 minutes ; we have 55 more minutes for an hour to run out. Then we then count another 1 more minutes, leaving us with 54 minutes. The 54 minutes remaining is said to be our total elapsed time.

i.e 9:00 - (5 + 1) minutes

8:54 (8 hours 54 minutes)

Hence; 54 minutes remaining is said to be our total elapsed time.