It takes an electrician 45 minutes to wire an office in a new office building that is being built. The electrician signed a contract to wire all offices on 6 floors of the new building. There are 50 offices on each floor. How many weeks should the electrician allow for this job if he works a standard work week (8 hours per day for 5 days a week)? Express the answer in decimal form rounded to the tenths place.

Question

It takes an electrician 45 minutes to wire an office in a new office building that is being built.  The electrician signed a contract to wire all offices on 6 floors of the new building.  There are 50 offices on each floor.  How many weeks should the electrician allow for this job if he works a standard work week (8 hours per day for 5 days a week)?  Express the answer in decimal form rounded to the tenths place.

anonymous · Answer

50 offices per floor x 6 floors =300 offices x 45 minutes would be 13500 minutes divide by 60 minutes to convert to hours 225 divide by 40 hours a week 5.625 weeks

anonymous · Answer

5.6 weeks