A castle has to be guarded 24 hours a day. Five knights are ordered to split each day guard duty equally. How long will each knight spend on guard duty in one day?

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Armani Gaines

1 July, 19:53

A castle has to be guarded 24 hours a day. Five knights are ordered to split each day guard duty equally. How long will each knight spend on guard duty in one day?

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Camacho · Answer 1

Well, to start, divide the 24 hours among the 5 guards to get 4.8 hrs. If you need the answer in hours and minutes, simply multiply. 8 by 60 to find how many minutes 80% of 60 is to get 48 minutes.

Each guard would have to spend 4 hours and 48 minutes on guard duty.