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Lalit reads a book for $1\frac{3}{4}$ hours evrey day and reads the entire book in 6 days. How many hours does he take to read the entire book?

(a) $10\frac{1}{2}$ hours
(b) $9\frac{1}{2}$ hours
(c) $7\frac{1}{2}$ hours
(d) $11\frac{1}{2}$ hours

Answer 1

(a) $10\frac{1}{2}$ hours
Time taken by Lalit to read the entire book = $\left(6\times 1\frac{3}{4}\right)$ h

= $\left(6\times \frac{7}{4}\right)$ h

= $\left(\frac{21}{2}\right)$ h = $10\frac{1}{2}$ h