You have one hour for lunch. You want to go to your favorite sub shop, which is 18 minutes from your job. You called; the average wait time today is 20 minutes. How much time should you budget for your lunch trip? (Ignore time to eat)

Time budget for your lunch trip is 56 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : You have one hour for lunch. You want to go to your favorite sub shop, which is 18 minutes from your job. You called; the average wait time today is 20 minutes.

To find : How much time should you budget for your lunch trip?

Solution:

Time taken to go from sub shop to office is 18 minutes.

Same time taken from office to sub shop is 18 minutes.

Total time in travelling is 18+18=36 minutes.

The average wait time today is 20 minutes.

Total time budget for your lunch trip is 36+20=56

Therefore, time budget for your lunch trip is 56 minutes.

About an hour, 56 mins.

Step-by-step explanation:

18+18=36

36+20=56

Voila!