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A cybersecurity team is scheduled to run a continuous diagnostic scan on a network grid. The scan requires exactly $5.4$ hours to complete. If the team initiates the scan at $22:45$ , at what time will the scan finish?

$04:09$ Answer
B
$04:25$
C
$03:51$
D
$03:49$

Answer

The scan will finish at

04:09

To find the finish time, the total duration of

5.4

hours must first be converted into hours and minutes. The

0.4

hours is equal to

0.4 \times 60 = 24

minutes, making the total duration

5

hours and

24

minutes. Starting at

22:45

, adding

5

hours crosses midnight (

24:00

) and lands at

03:45

the next day. Adding the remaining

24

minutes to

03:45

yields the final time of

04:09

Step-by-Step Solution

Convert the decimal portion of the scan duration into minutes.

0.4 \text{ hours} \times 60 \text{ minutes/hour} = 24 \text{ minutes}

. The total duration is

5

hours and

24

minutes.

Time is measured in base-60, so fractional hours must be multiplied by 60 to find the equivalent minutes.

Add the whole hours to the starting time.

22:45 + 5 \text{ hours} = 27:45

. Subtracting

24

hours for the crossover into the next day gives

03:45

This establishes the hour portion of the finish time on the following day.

Add the remaining minutes to the adjusted time.

03:45 + 24 \text{ minutes} = 04:09

Adding the

24

minutes yields the final completion time.

Key Concept

Converting decimal hours to minutes (base-60) and calculating elapsed time across the midnight boundary.

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