document.write( "Question 1186150: 4 persons complete 4 programs in 4 hours of programming time, taking a 15-minute interval for each completed program, for a total of 5 hours worked. How long would it take them to complete 36 programs (including intervals)? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #817021 by ikleyn(52778) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "            The problem is easy to solve, but its formulation is INCOMPLETE.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "            To be complete, it must say that all 36 tasks are of the same level of complexity and the team works at the same rate on each.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "            I will solve it under these assumptions.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "

\r\n" );
document.write( "36 programs will take  9 times as much of programming time  as that of  4 programs, i.e. 9*4 = 36 hours.\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Each of completed 36 programs goes with the additional 15-minute break, so it adds   = 9  hours total breaking time.\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Now we add 36 hours of programming time and 9 hours of breaking time, and we get the  ANSWER  of  36 + 9 = 45 hours, in total.\r\n" );
document.write( "

\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "

\n" );