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Default Working with Time in formulas/calculations

Let's say I have a construction budget figure in cell A1 ($308,239,413).
A2 contains an hourly income ($4,930,100).
A3 then tells me how many hours I need to meet my budget (A1/A2).

Except that, if I format A3 to [h]:00:00 it shows 1500:31:36 for what should
be roughly 63 hours. It appears that the "63" answer is being treated as
days such that if A3 is changed to A1/A2/24, I get the appropriate 62:31:19.
This seems like a work around rather than the correct approach to get the
solution I want to see. Any advice?

Next, I want to be able to then take that result (in hours) and add it to
the current time to show a target date/time for completion. However, since
the income is paid hourly, on the hour, I want the target to reflect whole
hour increments. i.e. When I set A5 to Now() and A6 to A5+A3, I get 3:39 am.
However, since payments come on the hour, not throughout, it would need to
say 4am. Is there a way to round A3 to a whole hour? And, is there a way
for me to manually update the time of a Now function while retaining the date
already shown?
 
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