Question

Mel begins playing video games at the time on the left clock. If she stops playing video games at the time on the right clock, how many minutes did Mel spend playing video games?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The question is incomplete, as the required clocks are not given.

To answer this question, I will give an illustration of how to calculate the difference between times.

Note that: I assume you can read the time on a clock

Assume that:

$Left\ clock = 2:15pm$

$Right\ clock = 3:05pm$

The difference is calculated as:

$Difference = Right\ clock - Left\ clock$

$Difference = 3:05pm - 2:15pm$

From 2:15pm to 3:05pm is 50 minutes.

So:

$Difference = 50\ minutes$

Another assumption:

$Left\ clock = 2:15pm$

$Right\ clock = 3:32pm$

The difference is calculated as:

$Difference = Right\ clock - Left\ clock$

$Difference = 3:32pm - 2:15pm$

For ease of calculation, we split the time to 2.

(1) From 2:15pm to 3:15pm

(2) From 3:15pm to 3:32pm

(1) From 2:15pm to 3:15pm: This is 1 hour

(2) From 3:15pm to 3:32pm: This is 17 minutes (i.e. 32 - 15)

So, the difference is:

$Difference = 1hr + 17min$

$Difference = 1\ hour\ 17minutes$