SOLUTION: Someone works for 50 weeks at 40 hours per week and wastes 15 minutes each workday, they will be paid for an amount of time for work not done. Determine amt. of time. I u

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Question 1145912: Someone works for 50 weeks at 40 hours per week and wastes 15 minutes each workday, they will be paid for an amount of time for work not done.
Determine amt. of time.

I used Monday - Friday at 40 hrs.
50 weeks = .9615 years

15 min. = .25 hrs.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The wasted time data is a distraction to the problem. All you need is 50 weeks and 40 hours per week. That's enough to find amount of time.

50%2Aweeks%2A40%28hours%2Fweek%29=2000%2Ahours

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If still not clear, recognize that the description is of a proportion.
40 hours per week, 50 weeks, how many hours?

%2840%2Ahours%29%2F%281%2Aweek%29=%28X%2Ahours%29%2F%2850%2Aweeks%29

40%28hours%2Fweek%29=%28X%2F50%29%2A%28hours%2Fweek%29

40=X%2F50

40%2A50=X

X=2000
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Note that 50 weeks may have 5 days per week of work.
If wasting 15 minutes per day, this is (1/4) hours per day of waste time.

50%2Aweeks%2A5%28days%2Fweek%29%2A%281%2F4%29%28hour%2Fdays%29

%2850%2A5%2F4%29%2Ahours, the amount of time in hours wasted
62 hours 30 minutes were wasted during the fifty weeks.
All 2000 hours of worktime were paid, which included the time wasted.