SOLUTION: A ten minute coffee break each day totals x hrs. per year, equals a vacation. Determine hrs.
I am using an 8 hr. work day, 5 days per week.
8 hrs. = 480 min.
10 / 480 = .
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I am using an 8 hr. work day, 5 days per week.
8 hrs. = 480 min.
10 / 480 = .
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Question 1143396: A ten minute coffee break each day totals x hrs. per year, equals a vacation. Determine hrs.
I am using an 8 hr. work day, 5 days per week.
8 hrs. = 480 min.
10 / 480 = .0208333 hrs.
.0208333 * 5 * 52 wks. / yr. = 5.4166 hrs.
Not correct. Where did I make the errors? Non-homework. Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source):
The idea for your final calculation is correct: hours per day, times days per week, times weeks per year, equals hours per year.
And of course the 5 days per week and the 52 weeks per year are correct.
But your calculation of hours per day is nonsense....
(1) You don't want to convert hours to minutes; minutes are not involved in the answer.
(2) The coffee breaks are one per day for 10 minutes. Convert that 10 minutes per day to number of hours "x" per day and then do your final calculation:
x hours per day, times 5 days per week, times 52 weeks per year
10 minutes per day is
10*5 = 50 minutes per week (assuming 5 working days per week) =
= 50*52 = 2600 minutes per year (assuming 52 weeks per year) =
= 2600/60 = hours per year = 43 hours and 20 minutes per year.
