Question

9 hours 36 minutes when expressed as percent of a day(24 hours) is equal to
A. 48%
B. 36%
C. 24%
D. 40%​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 hour =60 minutes.

so, 24 hours = 24×60 =1440 minutes.

And, 9 hours 36 minutes =9×60+36=540+36=576 minutes.

Therefore, 9 hours 36 minutes as percent of a day is

=576÷1440 ×100%= 40%

Correct option is (D) 40%

Answer 2

The correct answer is option (D) 40%

GIVEN

Time = 9 hours 36 minutes.

TO FIND

Percentage equivalent of the time.

SOLUTION

We can simply solve the above problem as follows;

We know that percentage of is fraction of a quantity multiplied by 100.

To express given time in percentage we will convert the given time in hours.

9 hours and 36 minutes.

= 9 + (36/60) hrs

= 9 + 0.6

= 9.6 hours.

$Percentage = \frac{9.6}{24} \times 100$

= 0.4 × 100

= 40%

Hence, The correct answer is option (D) 40%