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Revision as of 10:07, 23 November 2016
The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of
hours and
minutes. How many minutes was this?
Solution
We know that there is
minutes in a hour.
So, multiply
and
because we need to convert
hours into minutes.
You will get
.
Now, add
and
to get the total minutes.
The answer is
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