At 9:00 a.m., Marsha found a parking meter that still had 5 minutes until it expired. She quickly put a quarter, a dime, and a nickel into the meter and went to her meeting. If 5¢ buys 15 minutes of parking time, at what time will the meter expire?

1 quarter + 1 dime + 1 nicke l = 25¢ + 10¢ + 5¢ = 40¢
Each 5 ¢ buys 15 minutes. How many ' 5 ¢ ' are in 40 ¢ ?
40/5 = 8 of them. So the (quarter+dime+nickel) can buy 8 x 15 minutes = 2 hours .
Starting at 9:00 AM, the meter had 5 minutes left on it, and Marsha bought another 2 hours. So now the meter is good until 2 hours and 5 minutes after 9:00 AM . . . . . 11:05 AM .

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

Marsha inserted a total of 40¢ into the parking meter, which buys her 2 hours of parking time along with the 5 minutes remaining. Starting from 9:00 a.m., the meter will expire at 11:05 a.m. in total.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2024-12-26