Question

Tom is going to visit his grandparents. He left for their house at 9:24 a.m. and arrived at 1:31 p.m. How long did it take Tom to get to his grandparent's house?4 hours and 40 minutes5 hours and 7 minutes5 hours and 55 minutes4 hours and 7 minutes

Answer 1

To answer this question we will transform the given times to the 24 hour format.

We know that:

`\begin{gathered} 9:24am=9:24 \\ 1:31pm=13:31. \end{gathered}`

Then Tom traveled for

`13:31-9:24=4:07`

Answer: Last option.