SOLUTION: A certain man observed that each night he was sleeping 15 minutes longer than he had the night before, and he used this observation to predict the day of his death.� If he made his

Question 1126291: A certain man observed that each night he was sleeping 15 minutes longer than he had the night before, and he used this observation to predict the day of his death.� If he made his observation right after sleeping 8 hours, how long would it be until he slept 24 hours
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how many hours in a day? Substract 8: 24-8 = 16
how many minutes in 16 hours? multiply 16 x 60
Divide the product by 15 and you get the number of days it will take until he slept 24 hours
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