CEMC Pascal, 2009

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

If Francis spends $\frac{1}{3}$ of his day sleeping, $\frac{1}{4}$ of his day studying and $\frac{1}{8}$ of his day eating, how many hours in the day does he have left?

(A) $4$ (B) $6$ (C) $5$ (D) $7$ (E) $9$

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