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What fractional part of a day do you spend sleeping if you sleep 8 hours per day?
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What fractional part of a day do you spend sleeping if you sleep 8 hours per day?

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about 24 hours per 1 day
8/24=1/3
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In a day, there are 24 hours. The fractional part of a day you spend sleeping is the ratio of the number of hours you sleep to the total number of hours in a day. This is shown below,
r = 8 hours / 24 hours = 1/3
Thus, you sleep for 1/3 of your day.
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