Question

A patrolman spends 25% every day completing paperwork. The patrolmans shift each day is 8 hours. How much of his time does he spend doing paperwork each day

Answer 1

2 hours.

Explanation:

8 hours x 25 / 100 = 2 hours

Answer 2

2 hours.

Explanation:

Let the number of hours taken doing paperwork be x.

Shift of each day=8 hours

According to question

x=25%of 8 hours

x=25×8/100

x=2 hours

Thus, answer is 2 hours.