A castle has to be guarded 24 hours a day. Five knights are ordered to split each day's guard duty equally. How long will each knight spend on guard duty in one day? Record your answer in hours as a decimal.

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Answer: 4.8 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The castle must be guarded 24 hr by 5 knights

If duty is split equally among them

No of hours spent by each knight on duty

[tex]\Rightarrow n=\dfrac{24}{5}=4.8\ \text{hours}[/tex]

Therefore, each guard must serve a duty of 4.8 hours