Problem:
Kim's flight took off from Newark at and landed in Miami at . Both cites are in the same time zone. If her flight took hours and minutes, with , what is
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Solution:
There are minutes from 10:34 Am to 11:00 AM, there are 2 hours from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and there are 18 minutes from 1:00 PM to PM. Thus the flight lasted 2 hours and minutes. Hence .
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