Question

You watched a movie that lasted 2 2 /3 hours and then went out to eat for 2 3 /4 hours. How many hours in all did the movie and dinner last? If the movie started at 3:00, what time did you finish eating?

Answer 1

Finished eating at 8:25 and both lasted 5:25 hours in total

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Add together: 2 2/3 hrs and 2 3/4 hrs:

First determine the LCD of these two fractions. The LCD here is 3*4 = 12.

Rewrite the given times using this LCD:

2 8/12 + 2 9/12

Adding 2 and 2 results in 4; adding 8/12 and 9/12 results in 17/12, or 1 5/12.

The final result is 4 + 1 5/12, or 5 5/12.

The movie and dinner together lasted 5 5/12 hrs.

If movie and dinner started at 3:00, dinner would have finished at

3:00 + 5:5/12, or

8:25 p.m. (since 5:5/12 is the same as 5:25).

Finished eating at 8:25 p.m.