Question

On a hot summer day, Roy and his friends decided to have a water fight. They threw water balloons for 52 minutes. When all the water balloons were gone, they sprayed water with hoses for 42 minutes. The water fight ended at 5:27 P.M. when Roy's dad showed up with ice cream. What time did the water fight start?

Answer 1

Answer:

3:53 P.M. (15:53)

Step-by-step explanation:

x + 52 + 42 = the time (5:27 pm)

First we try to remove the extra minutes from 5:27pm

42 min (the second part of the fight) - 27 (the minutes from 5:27 pm) = 15

Now we have 15 minutes to take away and 60 minutes from 5pm

60 (5pm) - 15 = 45

Now once again we remove the extra minutes

52-45 (4:45pm) = 7

Then we take away the 7 minutes from 4pm

60 (4pm)- 7= 53