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.

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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

45 x 6 x 50 = 13500 (minutes) ... time needed (in minutes)
 
8 x 60 x 5 = 2400 (minutes) ... time in typical work week (minutes)
 
13500 / 2400 = 5.625 (weeks) .

anonymous · Answer

Round to the nearest tenth would be 5.6 weeks

anonymous · Answer

thank you

anonymous · Answer

13, 500 min / 60 = 225 hrs
225 hrs/ 40 = 5.6 wks