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.

mathmale · Answer

You might want to express the rate at which the electrician can wire an office in terms of hours instead of minutes.

How many offices are on each floor?
How long would it take to wire all the offices on one floor?