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A flight departs at 2:15 PM and lands 3 hours 40 minutes later. What time does the flight land?

A flight departs at 2:15 PM and lands 3 hours 40 minutes later. What time does the flight land?

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Answer: H: 5:55 PM

Add the hours first: 2:152{:}15 PM plus 33 hours is 5:155{:}15 PM. Then add the 4040 minutes: 5:15+0:40=5:555{:}15+0{:}40=5{:}55 PM, choice H. Choice F (5:155{:}15 PM) adds only the 33 hours. Choice G (5:405{:}40 PM) adds only the 4040 minutes to 5:005{:}00, ignoring the 1515 minutes. Choice J (6:156{:}15 PM) adds a full 44 hours, which would happen if you rounded 33 hours 4040 minutes up. Time problems need care when minutes pass 6060, but here 15+40=5515+40=55, which stays within the hour.

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