SOLUTION: When asked the time of the day, a problem-posing professor answered, "if you add one-eighth of the time from noon until now to one-quarter the time now till noon tomorrow, you get
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Question 1100346: When asked the time of the day, a problem-posing professor answered, "if you add one-eighth of the time from noon until now to one-quarter the time now till noon tomorrow, you get the time exactly", what time is it?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let time from noon to now =
From now to noon tomorrow is
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The time is 5:20 PM
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check the math & get
another opinion if needed
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