Sophia has 16 plants and one window. Only five plants can be placed in the window at any given time. If each of the 16 plants spends the same amount of time in the window during an eight-hour period of sunlight, what is the greatest number of minutes in the sun that is possible per plant?

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Mayra Vang

26 April, 20:00

Sophia has 16 plants and one window. Only five plants can be placed in the window at any given time. If each of the 16 plants spends the same amount of time in the window during an eight-hour period of sunlight, what is the greatest number of minutes in the sun that is possible per plant?

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Jacquelyn Costa · Answer 1

The answer is actually 150 minutes.

Derrick Small · Answer 2

120 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Total plants are 16 and only 5 can be placed in one go. so total number of rounds for the plants will be: 16/5 = 3.2 rounds ≅ 4 rounds

As there are four rounds to go in 8 hours, so the time for 1 round will be: 8/4 = 2 hours.

Therefore, 2 hours or 120 minutes of sunlight are possible for one plant ...