Question

If a day is 1 1 / 2 hours longer than a night, what is the length of each ? ( Assume that 1 day and 1 night together = 24)

Answer 1

Answer:

a day is 11 / 2 hours longer than night right

which comes 5.5 hours.

x + x +5.5 = 24 hours right

where x is duration of night

2x + 5.5 = 24 hours

2x = 24 - 5.5 hours

2x = 18.5 hours

x = 9.25 hours

means duration of night is 9.25 hours and of day is 9.25 + 5.5 which is 14.75 hours

HENCE, DURATION OF DAY= 14.75 HOURS

DURATION OF NIGHT = 9.25 HOURS