Question

1. descartes and newton drive to work. descartes drives 54.72 minutes and newton drives 21.23 minutes. about how many more minutes does descartes drive?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the operation

We need to find the difference in driving - times. So we use subtraction.
$54.72−21.23$

Step2: Perform the subtraction

$54.72−21.23 = 33.49\approx33.5$ (rounded to one - decimal place)

Answer:

33.5 minutes