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Contents
Problem
The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of 
hours and 
minutes. How many minutes was this?
Solutions
Solution 1
It is best to split 11 hours and 5 minutes into 2 parts, one of 11 hours and another of 5 minutes. We know that there is 
minutes in a hour. Therefore, there are 
minutes in 11 hours. Adding the second part(the 5 minutes) we get 
.
Solution 2
The best method comes when you remember your multiplication tables. Thus trivial, we get our answer of 
.
Solution 3
11 hours 5 min = 
, therefore
.
Carmen
Video Solution (THINKING CREATIVELY!!!)
~Education, the Study of Everything
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqnQQcUVJmA (has questions 1-5)
~savannahsolver
See Also
| 2016 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by First Problem |
Followed by Problem 2 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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