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Sam spends 12.5% of his day doing homework. There are 24 total hours in one day. Which proportion could be used to calculate the number of hours Sam spends doing homework?
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Sam spends 12.5% of his day doing homework. There are 24 total hours in one day. Which proportion could be used to calculate the number of hours Sam spends doing homework?

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12.5 x
------ = -----
100 24

Sam spent 3 hours doing his homework.


User Igor Belo
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Homework = 12.5% of 24 hours = 0.125 x 24 = 3 hours

Sam spent 3 hours on homework.

Proportion of the time spent on homework = 3/24 = 1/8

Answer: Same spent 1/8 of his day on homework.
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