2009 Grade 8 CEMC Gauss Problems/Problem 16

Problem

When it is 3:00 p.m. in Victoria, it is 6:00 p.m. in Timmins. Stefan’s flight departed at 6:00 a.m. local Victoria time and arrived at 4:00 p.m. local Timmins time. How long, in hours, was his flight?

$\text{ (A) }\ 5 \qquad\text{ (B) }\ 9 \qquad\text{ (C) }\ 13 \qquad\text{ (D) }\ 7 \qquad\text{ (E) }\ 8$

Solution 1

From the first sentence of the problem, we can realize that Timmins is $3$ hours ahead. This means that $6:00$ am in local Victoria time is the same thing as $9:00$ am in local Timmins time.