Question lani-s
Lani spent 15% of her 8-hour workday in meetings. How many minutes of her workday did she spend in meetings?
1.2
15
48
72
Lani spent 15% of her 8-hour workday in meetings. How many minutes of her workday did
Medium-difficulty · SAT Math · Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Relationships — Unit conversions. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice D is correct. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so an 8-hour workday has 
minutes. To calculate 15% of 480, multiply 0.15 by 480: 
. Therefore, Lani spent 72 minutes of her workday in meetings.
Choice A is incorrect because 1.2 is 15% of 8, which gives the time Lani spent of her workday in meetings in hours, not minutes. Choices B and C are incorrect and may be the result of computation errors.
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