Answer to Question #244272 in English for Elena

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Question 9

Annabelle lives at Bermondsey in London. She has to speak at a conference in Birmingham at 10.30am. It will take her an hour from her home to get to Euston Rail Station, from where she will get a train to Birmingham. The train journey from Euston to Birmingham is an hour and 10 minutes. Trains to Birmingham run at the following times: 5 minutes past the hour, 25 minutes past the hour and 45 minutes past the hour. The meeting venue in Birmingham is a 5-minute walk from the station. What is the latest time that Annabelle can leave home, if she is to make it on time for the meeting in Birmingham? Show your working.

Answer 1

The Birmingham conference starts at 10.30 a.m. She had to leave her house at 8:00 a.m. Because it takes an hour to travel to Euston Rail Station, she will arrive at the station at 9:00 a.m. • Trains to Birmingham depart at 5 minutes after the hour, 25 minutes after the hour, and 45 minutes after the hour. That implies she'll board the train at 9:05 a.m. She will arrive at Birmingham station at 10.15 a.m. after an hour and ten minutes on the train from Euston. She will arrive at the meeting site in Birmingham around 10.20 a.m., as the Birmingham station is only a 5-minute walk away. She will arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled meeting time, giving us time to prepare for the meeting. If we want to beat the 10-minute mark and she lives at 8.10 a.m., she will arrive at the station at 9.10 a.m. According to the train schedule, she will board the train at 09.25 a.m., which implies she will be roughly 10 minutes late for the meeting.