GMAT Practice Question: Dara ran on a treadmill that had a readout indicating the time remaining in her exercise...
Question
Dara ran on a treadmill that had a readout indicating the time remaining in her exercise session. When the readout indicated 24 min 18 sec , she had completed 10 % of her exercise session. The readout indicated which of the following when she had completed 40 % of her exercise session?
- 10 min 48 sec
- 14 min 52 sec
- 14 min 58 sec
- 16 min 6 sec
- 16 min 12 sec
Topics: word problems, percentages, conversions
Solution
Step 1
At 10% completion, the remaining time displayed is 90% of the total exercise duration.
0.9T = 24 60 + 18
Step 2
Convert the remaining time of 24 minutes 18 seconds to total seconds.
24 60 + 18 = 1458
Step 3
Solve for the total time by dividing both sides by 0.9, rewriting as a fraction and canceling common factors.
T = 1458/0.9 = 14589/10 = 1458 10/9 1458 = 9 162 1458/9 = 9 1629 = 162 T = 162 10 = 1620
Step 4
At 40% completion, 60% of the total time remains. This uses the **Percents of** method to calculate 60% of 1620.
0.6 1620 = 972
Step 5
Convert 972 seconds back into minutes and seconds.
972 60 = 16 remainder 12[[LB]]=16 min 12 sec
Answer
E
