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Can you find out the amount of time left if the total time was 90 minutes?

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Aaron is giving his exam and after spending a lot of time answering the questions, he asks the examiner about the time that is left for the exam.

The examiner is quite obtuse with her answer and says that the amount of time left is 1/5th of the time that has already passed.

Can you find out the amount of time left if the total time was 90 minutes?

posted Jan 13, 2016 by Amarvansh

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Total time=90 min
Time passed=x min
Time left=y=x/5 min
x+y=90
x+(x/5)=90
x=75 min
y=75/5=15 min
Ans : Time left is 15 min

answer Jan 13, 2016 by Jaikumar Bhatia
Good job
commented Jan 13, 2016 by anonymous
Thanks sir
commented Jan 13, 2016 by Jaikumar Bhatia



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