Question
Trevor paid a total of $1.08 in fines for an overdue library book. If the penalty for overdue books is $0.09 per day, how many days late was the book?
2 days
8 days
12 days
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Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many days late the book was, we can divide the total fine by the daily penalty. The total fine is $1.08, and the penalty per day is $0.09.
We can calculate the number of days late as follows:
\[
\text{Number of days late} = \frac{\text{Total fine}}{\text{Penalty per day}} = \frac{1.08}{0.09}
\]
Now, performing the division:
\[
1.08 \div 0.09 = 12
\]
So, the book was **12 days late**.
We can calculate the number of days late as follows:
\[
\text{Number of days late} = \frac{\text{Total fine}}{\text{Penalty per day}} = \frac{1.08}{0.09}
\]
Now, performing the division:
\[
1.08 \div 0.09 = 12
\]
So, the book was **12 days late**.