Question

what fraction of 2 1/2 days is 12hours?

Answer 1

Hey friend,

2 1/2

=5/2 days

=5/2×24 hours

=60 hours

Here,according to question, we need to find the fraction which is equal to 12 hours.

Let the fraction be 1/x

60×1/x=12
60/x=12
x=60/12
x=5

1/x=1/5

Therefore,the required fraction is 1/5

Hope it helps

Answer 2

5/2 of a day= 5/2×24hrs=60hrs
According to the question,we need to find the fraction of 60hrs that is equal to 12 hrs
Let that fraction be 1/x

60/x=12

X=5.
So 1/5 fraction of 5/2 days gives 12 hrs.
1/5×5/2×24=24/2hrs=12hrs.

Hence the fraction is 1/5.
May this help u..