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prealgebra junior

Problem

Gage skated hr min each day for days and hr min each day for days. How long would he have to skate the ninth day in order to average minutes of skating each day for the entire time?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Converting into minutes and adding, we get that she skated minutes total, where is the amount she skated on day . Dividing by to get the average, we get . Solving for , Now we convert back into hours and minutes to get .
Final answer
E