It's Valentine's day and Alan has promised to cook his girlfriend Alana her favorite meal: fish fingers and custard. Alana will be arriving in one hour exactly. Alan only has a microwave. The fish fingers take 13 minutes to defrost in the microwave and 6 minutes to cook in the microwave. The custard must be prepared after the fish fingers and takes 24 minutes to cook in the microwave and then 6 minutes to cool sufficiently so as not to burn someone's tongue. It will take Alan 1 minute to plate the food. However, Alan is on his Xbox and really wants to play one more game of his football video game before Alana arrives. What is the maximum length of each half of the match that Alan can play to ensure the meal is ready for Alana's arrival?
Choose the correct choice from the following options.
A) 5 min B) 6 minutes C) 7 minutes D) 8 minutes E) 10 minutes
Alana will arrive in 60 minutes.   The total meal preparation time is 13 (fish finger defrost) + 6 (fish finger cook) + 24 (custard cook) + 6 (custard cool) + 1 (plate time) = 50 minutes.   Alan therefore has 10 minutes (60-50 = 10) to play his football video game.   5 mins football matches have two halves, 5 minlan have select 5 minute halves (10/2 = 5)   5 minNSWER: 5 min
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It's Valentine's day and Alan has promised to cook his girlfriend Alana her favorite meal: fish fingers and custard. Alana will be arriving in one hour exactly. Alan only has a microwave. The fish fingers take 13 minutes to defrost in the microwave and 6 minutes to cook in the microwave. The custard must be prepared after the fish fingers and takes 24 minutes to cook in the microwave and then 6 minutes to cool sufficiently so as not to burn someone's tongue. It will take Alan 1 minute to plate the food. However, Alan is on his Xbox and really wants to play one more game of his football video game before Alana arrives. What is the maximum length of each half of the match that Alan can play to ensure the meal is ready for Alana's arrival?