Question 7 options:
Solve the problem.
Mrs. Cail's class took a field trip to the zoo. The class was scheduled to leave the zoo at 2:30 p.m. However, before they could leave, the bus driver noticed one of the tires on the bus was flat. It took the driver 50 minutes to change the flat tire. If the trip back to school was 25 minutes long, at what time should the students have arrived if the bus had not had a flat tire?
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The students were scheduled to leave the zoo at 2:30 p.m. The bus driver took 50 minutes to change the flat tire and the trip back to school was 25 minutes long. Therefore, the total delay caused by the flat tire is 50 + 25 = 75 minutes.
To determine the time the students should have arrived if the bus had not had a flat tire, we subtract 75 minutes from the scheduled departure time of 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 75 minutes = 1:55 p.m.
Therefore, the students should have arrived back at school at 1:55 p.m.