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Revision as of 09:15, 23 November 2016
The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of 
hours and 
minutes. How many minutes was this?
Solution
We know that there is 
minutes in a hour.
So, multiply and because we need to convert hours into minutes.
You will get 
.
Now, add and to get the total minutes.
The answer is 
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