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Rachel is stuffing envelopes . She has eight hours to complete the task and there are 1,500 envelopes. The first hour Rachel stuffs 135 envelopes. The second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes. How many envelopes will Rachel need to stuff in order to finish the job.

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Answer:

Rachel needs to stuff 204 envelopes every hour for the next 6 hours.

Explanation:

135+141=276

1500-276=1224/6=204

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