Sam spends 12.5% of his day doing homework. There are 24 total hours in one day. Which proportion could be used to calculate the

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Lina20 [59]

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Sam spends 12.5% of his day doing homework. There are 24 total hours in one day. Which proportion could be used to calculate the

number of hours Sam spends doing homework?

Mathematics

2 answers:

joja [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-09T20:27:11+03:00

joja [24]2 years ago

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12.5 x
------ = -----
100 24

Sam spent 3 hours doing his homework.

otez555 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-09T18:54:51+03:00

otez555 [7]3 years ago

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Homework = 12.5% of 24 hours = 0.125 x 24 = 3 hours

Sam spent <u>3 hours</u> on homework.

Proportion of the time spent on homework = 3/24 = 1/8

Answer: Same spent 1/8 of his day on homework.