SOLUTION: if one clerk can process 75 pieces of mail in 2 and 1/2 hours, how long will it take eight clerks to process 1620 pieces of mail if all of them work at this same rate?

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Question 298844: if one clerk can process 75 pieces of mail in 2 and 1/2 hours, how long will it take eight clerks to process 1620 pieces of mail if all of them work at this same rate?
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if one clerk can process 75 pieces of mail in 2 and 1/2 hours, how long will it
take eight clerks to process 1620 pieces of mail if all of them work at this same rate?
:
Find the rate/hr for 1 clerk
:
r = 75%2F2.5
r = 30 pc/hr
:
t = 1620%2F%288%2A30%29
t = 6.75 hrs