Question

40% of a nurse’s time is spent dispensing medicine to patients. If 16 hours per week is spent dispensing medicine, how many hours does the nurse work?

Answer 1

40 hours

Explanation:

Set up a proportion and 40 percent goes over 100 percent then 16 goes across 40. Then cross multiply and divide which gets you 40 hours

Answer 2

Explanation:

Let n represent the number of hours the nurse work

40/100 × n =16hours

Solve for n

n = 40