Question

Tony started picking peaches at 12:50 and all the peacheswere picked at 14:42. If Tony picked the peaches at a constantrate, at what time did he pick 1/4 of the peaches? Give youranswer in a 24-hour clock format, such as 19:00.Enter the answer

Answer 1

Firt, calculate the time Tony picked all peaches:

The difference in time between the given times is 1 hour and 52 minutes, or 112 minutes.

Then, if Tony picked the peaches at a constant rate, 1/4 of the peaches was picked in 1/4 of the previous time, that is:

1/4 * 112 min = 28 min

That is, Tony picked 1/4 of the peaches in 28 min, which is equivalent to Tony picked 1/4 of the peaches at 13:18