Cara leaves her house at 10:03 and arrives at the library at 10:17.
Irena leaves her house at 11:55 and arrives at the library at 12:06.
Who takes longer to get to the library? How many minutes longer?
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takes longer. She takes
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minutes longer.
Irena takes longer to get to the library. She takes 49 minutes longer (11:55 to 12:06 is 11 minutes + 60 minutes because it is past 11:00, so it's 71 minutes total - 17 minutes for Cara's travel time = 54 minutes longer, but we need to subtract the 5-minute difference in their starting times, so 54-5 = 49 minutes longer).
To determine who takes longer to get to the library, we need to compare the time it takes for both Cara and Irena to reach the library.
Cara leaves her house at 10:03 and arrives at the library at 10:17. To calculate the time it takes for Cara to reach the library, we can subtract the departure time from the arrival time:
10:17 - 10:03 = 14 minutes
Irena leaves her house at 11:55 and arrives at the library at 12:06. Similarly, we can calculate the time it takes for Irena to reach the library:
12:06 - 11:55 = 11 minutes
Comparing the two durations, we see that Irena takes less time to get to the library than Cara. Therefore, the answer is Irena takes longer. She takes 14 - 11 = 3 minutes longer.