Question

in the northern hemisphere, the fall equinox marks the first day of fall. on this september day, the day and night are each about 12 hours long. then daylight shortens daily until the winter solstice in december. on september 22, 2018, juneau, alaska, had about 734 minutes of daylight, and it began losing about 5.02 minutes of daylight each day. about how many minutes of daylight did juneau have on september 25? enter the correct answer in the box.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate days between dates

First, find the number of days from September 25 to December 22, 2018.
September has 30 days: $30 - 25 = 5$ days
October has 31 days, November has 30 days, December has 22 days.
Total days: $5 + 31 + 30 + 22 = 88$ days

Step2: Calculate total lost daylight

Multiply days by daily lost daylight.
Total lost minutes: $88 \times 5.02 = 441.76$ minutes

Step3: Find Sept 25 daylight

Subtract total lost daylight from December 22 daylight.
September 25 daylight: $734 + 441.76 = 1175.76$ minutes

Answer:

about 1176 minutes