Question

Number of hours left in the day was one third of the number of hours already passed. How many hours were left?

Answer 1

Let the number of hours passed be x
x +x/3 =24
4x/3 = 24
4x=72
x=18
No. of hours left =6

Answer 2

let the number of hours passed in the day = x
then no of hours left = x/3
a day has 24hours
therefore, time left +time passed = 24
x+x/3=24 4x/3=24
x=18
we have, no of hours left = x/3=18/3=6
hence hours left is 6hours