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21 October, 05:02

Ricardo spends 8/9 hour reading the newspaper. he spends 1/4 of the time reading the world news and splits the remaining time equally between the sports news and the comics. how much time does he spend reading the comics?

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  1. 21 October, 05:08
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    If he spends 1/4 reading the news, then he spends 3/4 reading the other stuff

    3/4 * 8/9 = 24/36 = 2/3 of an hr ... time spent reading sports and comics

    (2/3) / 2 =

    2/3 * 1/2 = 2/6 reduces to 1/3 ... so he spends 1/3 of an hour (or 20 minutes) reading the comics
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