SOLUTION: R.J. is an attorney at a bank. Last month, R.J. spent 71% of his time working on real estate contracts. If he worked 133 hours on real estate contracts, for how long did he work on

Question 1067160: R.J. is an attorney at a bank. Last month, R.J. spent 71% of his time working on real estate contracts. If he worked 133 hours on real estate contracts, for how long did he work on other projects?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
R.J. is an attorney at a bank. Last month, R.J. spent 71% of his time working on real estate contracts. If he worked 133 hours on real estate contracts, for how long did he work on other projects?
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Let total work time be "x"
Equation::
0.71x = 133
x = 187.32 hours
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Ans: time on other projects = 187.32-133 = 54.32 hours
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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