The number of hours left in a day is half the number of hours already passed. How many hours are left in the day?
Answer:
8 hours
- According to the question,
Number of hours left in the day =
× Number of hours already passed1 2 - Let the number of hours already passed be .
- So, the number of hours left in the day =
2 - We know that the total number of hours in a day = 24
So, +
= 242
or,
= 243 2
or, =
= 1624 × 2 3 - Therefore, the number of hours left in the day =
= 8 hours16 2