To calculate the number of minutes, we have to convert the hours to minutes or we can calculate the difference between the starting and ending times to a fixed hour.
In this case, we will use the second approach.
We will use 10:00 am as the fixed hour.
Then, if she started reading at 9:45 am, 15 minutes had passed until 10 am.
If she ended reading at 10:37 am, 37 minutes passed from 10 am.
Then, we can add the two segments:
[tex]T=15+37=52\min [/tex]
Answer: she read 52 minutes.
