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International Time and Temperature

Question 7 • FowU - Financial Math - B

Say that you leave Montevideo at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday to fly to Jerusalem. When you arrive in Jerusalem, the local time is 10:00 a.m. on Monday. If the flight took 10 hours and 40 minutes, what is the time difference between Jerusalem and Montevideo, from the perspective of Jerusalem?a.Jerusalem is five hours ahead of Montevideo.b.Jerusalem is seven hours ahead of Montevideo.c.Jerusalem is seventeen hours behind Montevideo.d.Jerusalem is nineteen hours behind Montevideo.

Answer
A
A
B
B
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C
D
D

Explanation

Add the 10-hour, 40-minute flight to the 6:20 p.m. departure time: it would be 5:00 a.m. Monday in Montevideo when the flight arrives. Jerusalem’s local time is 10:00 a.m. then, which is 5 hours later. So Jerusalem is five hours ahead of Montevideo.

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