How do you subtract time?
5:44am-14hrs=?
Are there multiples way of figuring this out?
think of the calendar as units of 24 hours
So, 5:44 am on day 10 is the same as 29:44 on day 9.
So, subtract 14 from 29 and you have
15:44 of the previous day, or 3:44 pm.
Or, you could just subtract 24 hours, giving you 5:44 am of the previous day. But you only wanted to subtract 14 hours, so you have to add back 10 hours.
5:44 + 10 = 15:44 or 3>44 pm
To subtract time, you first need to understand the concept of time and how it is measured. Time can be represented in hours, minutes, and seconds. In this case, we will be subtracting 14 hours from 5:44 am.
To calculate the resulting time, you have a few approaches:
1. Method 1: Conversion to a 24-hour format:
- Since the original time is in the AM, you need to convert it to a 24-hour format.
- In a 24-hour format, 5:44 am is equivalent to 05:44.
- Now, subtract 14 hours from 05:44: 05:44 - 14:00 = -8:16.
- The negative sign indicates that the resulting time will be on the previous day.
- Therefore, the answer is -8:16, which means 8 hours and 16 minutes before midnight of the previous day.
2. Method 2: Conversion to minutes:
- To convert the original time to minutes, multiply the hours by 60 and add the minutes. In this case, 5 * 60 + 44 = 344 minutes.
- Subtract 14 hours converted into minutes, which is 14 * 60 = 840 minutes.
- Subtract 840 minutes from 344 minutes: 344 - 840 = -496 minutes.
- The negative sign indicates that the resulting time will be on the previous day.
- Now, convert the negative result back to hours and minutes. Divide -496 minutes by 60 to get -8 hours and a remainder of -16 minutes.
- Therefore, the answer is -8 hours and -16 minutes (or 8 hours and 16 minutes before midnight of the previous day).
Both methods will give you the same result, but they employ different approaches. The choice of method depends on your preference or the context in which you are working with time.