Question

Samuel was riding in the back seat of the station wagon on the way home after a long and tiring day at the

Answer 1

Answer:

Samuel slept for 1/4 of the distance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided are:

• Samuel fell asleep halfway home.
• He didn't wake up until he still had half as far to go as he had already
• gone while asleep.

Consider that the total distance covered was 1.

Then from the first point we know that Samuel fell asleep after covering a distance of 1/2.

It is provided that he woke up only after covering half of the remaining distance.

That is, he slept for 1/4 of the remaining distance.

Thus, Samuel was asleep for 1/4th of the entire trip home.