SOLUTION: How many work days of 8 hours each will it take to count 1 million dollar bills, at a rate of 125 per minute?

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Question 1068541: How many work days of 8 hours each will it take to count 1 million dollar bills, at a rate of 125 per minute?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Boreal:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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How many work days of 8 hours each will it take to count 1 million dollar bills, at a rate of 125 per minute?
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1000000/125 = 8000 minutes
Convert to hours.
Divide by 8.

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
125 bills per minute*60 minutes per hour=7500 bills per hour
In 8 hours, that is 60,000 bills
In 16 days of 8 hours each, that is 960,000 bills
need 16 2/3 days of 8 hours each, where in 2/3 of a day it is 40,000 bills.