document.write( "Question 190101: simone has 5 employees in her flower shop.Each employee works 6 4/15 hours per day.How many hours,in total,do the employees work per day? \n" ); document.write( "
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An easy way to work with the mixed number 6 4/15 is
\n" ); document.write( "to convert the fraction to one with \"60\" in the
\n" ); document.write( "denominator.
\n" ); document.write( "A good rule is that you can always multiply a fraction by
\n" ); document.write( "\"1\" without changing it. All these fractions equal \"1\":
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F5\",\"11%2F11\".\"659%2F659\", etc.
\n" ); document.write( "What you should use is \"4%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%284%2F4%29%2A%284%2F15%29+=+16%2F60\"
\n" ); document.write( "In this problem, \"16%2F60\" is a fractional part of an hour.
\n" ); document.write( "In order to get minutes, note that \"1%2F60\" of an hour is
\n" ); document.write( "\"1\" minute, so \"16%2F60\" of an hour is \"16\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "Now I can say 6 4/15 hours = 6 hours and 16 minutes
\n" ); document.write( "\"1\" hour has \"60\" minutes, so \"6\" hours has
\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2A60+=+360\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "So far I have 6 4/15 hours = \"360+%2B+16\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "\"360+%2B+16+=+376\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "So, 5 employees each work \"376\" minutes per day
\n" ); document.write( "Altogether, they work \"5%2A376+=+1880\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "The problem wants the answer in hours, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"1880%2F60\" = 31 1/3 hours
\n" ); document.write( "1/3 hour is 20 minutes because \"3%2A20+=+60\" minutes
\n" ); document.write( "The 5 employees work 31 hours and 20 minutes
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