1986 AJHSME Problems/Problem 5
Problem
A contest began at noon one day and ended minutes later. At what time did the contest end?
Solution
There are minutes in an hour. So, we can easily eliminate some of the choices by noting that noon is exactly minutes away from midnight. Since , we know that it cannot be A or B. Because midnight is minutes away, we know that the contest ended minutes after midnight. The highest multiple of 60 that will fit into is , which is , and the remainder is minutes, meaning that the contest ended at
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