Answer: a. 5/12 b. 10 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
5/8 x 2/3 = 10/24 = 5/12
she spends 5/12 of the day awake at home
if a day has 24 hours then 5/12 of that is 5/12 x 24 = 10
so she spends 10 hours awake at home
There would be 12 people at the party!
In general, with n+1 people, the number of handshakes is the sum of the first n consecutive numbers: 1+2+3+ ... + n.
Since this sum is n(n+1)/2, we need to solve the equation n(n+1)/2 = 66.
This is the quadratic equation n2+ n -132 = 0. Solving for n, we obtain 11 as the answer and deduce that there were 12 people at the party.
Since 66 is a relatively small number, you can also solve this problem with a hand calculator. Add 1 + 2 = + 3 = +... etc. until the total is 66. The last number that you entered (11) is n.
Hope this helps!
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
A parallelogram has opposite parallel sides and it is a quadrilateral.