Dr. Johnson looked at the clocks on the wall and realized that the number of hours that were left in the day was one-third of the number of hours already passed.
How many hours were left in the day?
Dr. Johnson looked at the clocks on the wall and realized that the number of hours that were left in the day was one-third of the number of hours already passed.
How many hours were left in the day?
Answer: 6 hours.
Let X be the number of hours left in the day. Then, since there are 24 hours in a day, we have X + 3X = 24. Solving for X, we get X = 6.
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