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

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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
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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