Answer to Question #124255 in Algebra for Thabisile

Question

When it is 11 a.m. in Johannesburg, it is 6 p.m. the same day in Tokyo, Japan. A flight leaves OR Tambo in Johannesburg at 6 a.m. on Tuesday for Tokyo. The flight takes 18 hours in the air, with an additional 1 hour stop-over on land. What time will it arrive in Tokyo?

Answer 1

Solution:

The time difference between Tokyo and Johannesburg is 7 hours. Tokyo is 7 hours ahead. The journey took 19 hours. Hence the plane arrived to Tokyo at 1 a.m. Johannesburg time and 8 a.m. Tokyo time