1997 AJHSME Problems/Problem 8
Problem
Walter gets up at 6:30 a.m., catches the school bus at 7:30 a.m., has 6 classes that last 50 minutes each, has 30 minutes for lunch, and has 2 hours additional time at school. He takes the bus home and arrives at 4:00 p.m. How many minutes has he spent on the bus?
Solution
There are hours from 7:30 a.m. to noon, and hours from noon to 4 p.m., meaning Walter was away from home for a total of hours, or minutes.
Tallying up the times he was not on the bus, he has minutes in classes, minutes at lunch, and minutes of "additional time". That is a total of minutes that Walter was away from home, but not on the bus.
Therefore, Walter spent minutes on the bus, and the answer is
See also
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