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Use python to do the following calculation. Person A needs to arrive at 10:00 AM. The drive time is 3:06. What time do they need to leave.

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Classes datetime and timedelta are used for most time calculations. They both import from the datetime module.

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# Step 1: Create a datetime object for 10:00 today
time_obj = datetime.strptime("10:00", "%H:%M")

# Step 2: Create the timedelta to subtract
delta = timedelta(hours=3, minutes=6)

# Step 3: Subtract
new_time = time_obj - delta

# Step 4: Show result
print(new_time.strftime("%H:%M"))

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