An office building loses a third of its heat between sundown and midnight and an additional half of the original amount of heat between midnight and 4 AM. If five-eighths of the remaining heat is lost between 4 AM and 5 AM, what proportion of the total heat loss occurs between 5 AM and sunrise?

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Answer:

[tex]\dfrac{1}{16}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Proportion of Heat Loss Between sundown and midnight[tex]=\dfrac{1}{3}[/tex]

Proportion of Heat Loss between midnight and 4 AM  [tex]=\dfrac{1}{2}[/tex]

Proportion of Total Heat Already Lost [tex]=\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{2} =\dfrac{5}{6}[/tex]

Proportion of Remaining Heat [tex]=1-\dfrac{5}{6}=\dfrac{1}{6}[/tex]

Between 4 AM and 5 AM, five-eighths of the remaining heat is lost.

Proportion of Heat Loss between 4 AM and 5 AM= [tex]\dfrac{5}{8}$ X \dfrac{1}{6} = \dfrac{5}{48}[/tex]

Therefore, Proportion of Remaining Heat Left [tex]=\dfrac{1}{6}- \dfrac{5}{48}=\dfrac{1}{16}[/tex]

We therefore say that:

[tex]\dfrac{1}{16}$ of the total heat loss occurs between 5 AM and sunrise.[/tex]