Question

A movie was 3 and one-half hours long. If Lily turned the movie off One-fourth of the way through, how much time did she spend watching it?
StartFraction 1 Over 14 EndFraction of an hour
StartFraction 7 Over 8 EndFraction of an hour
1 and StartFraction 1 Over 7 EndFraction of an hour
14 hours

Answer 1

To find out how much time Lily spent watching the movie, we first need to determine how long the movie was in hours.

The movie length is \(3\) and \(1/2\) hours, which can be converted to an improper fraction:

\[
3 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2} \text{ hours}
\]

Lily turned the movie off one-fourth of the way through, so we need to calculate one-fourth of the total time:

\[
\text{One-fourth of } \frac{7}{2} = \frac{1}{4} \times \frac{7}{2} = \frac{7}{8} \text{ hours}
\]

Thus, the time Lily spent watching the movie is \(\frac{7}{8}\) of an hour.

Therefore, the answer is:

\[
\frac{7}{8} \text{ of an hour}
\]