Question

n a hospital, a doctor would record times on a patient chart using the
clock.
A patient comes into the emergency room just five minutes before midnight. The admitting nurse writes that the patient arrived at
.
An elderly patient goes missing at 9:00 in the morning and is not found until 17:30. How many hours was the patient missing?

8 minutes and 30 seconds

8 hours and 30 minutes

12 hours and 30 minutes

12 minutes and 30 seconds

Answer 1

9:00 to 17:30 is 8 hours + 30 minutes, so the patient was missing for 8 hours and 30 minutes.