Question 1022883
1.How many inmates are needed to finish washing 600 dishes in an hour if it takes three inmates to wash five dishes within a minute?
Since we are dealing minutes here, change it: 600/60 = 10 dishes per min
3 inmates wash 5 per min
therefore twice as many
6 inmates wash 10 per min which is 600 per hr
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2. Six inmates can sort 1,221 laundry items in one and a half hours. 
What is the average number of laundry items that an inmate can sort in five minutes?
Change 1.5 hrs to min: 1.5(60) = 90 min
Find how many 5 min intervals in 90 min: 90/5 = 18, 5 min intervals
Find how many items sorted in each 5 min interval by 6 inmates: 1221/18 ~ 68
Find how many each inmate can sort in 5 min: 68/6 ~ 11.3 items
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3. Prison facility JKL is due to begin its program of training guide dogs for the blind.
 If it takes four inmates 70 hours to teach one dog a full course, 
how many inmates will be needed to train a dozen dogs completely in 245 hours?
Find how many man-hrs required per dog: 4 * 70 = 280 man hrs
Find how many man-hrs required for 12 dogs: 12 * 280 = 3360 man hrs
let m = no. of inmates required to do this in 245 hr
245m = 3360
m = 3360/245
m = 13.7 ~ 14 inmates required to do this
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4. For maintaining good behavior and even with no chance at parole,
 Federal inmate Robles can get his sentence reduced by up to 54 days per year of incarceration.
 If he is to serve a 25-year sentence with a clean record, on what year of his incarceration will he be eligible for release?
Find how many days in 25 yrs: 25 * 365.25 = 9131 days
9131 - 25(54) = 7781 days required to serve
Find how many yrs is this: 7781 = 21.3 yrs
He will be released in his 21st yr
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