Question

A Business estimates that employees use 15% of possible workdays for vacation or illness.An employee is scheduled to work 240 days in one year. How many of those days does the business estimate will be used for vacation or illness?

Answer 1

In this problem you are trying to find what is 15% of 240.

Easy method:

Turning 15% into a decimal and then multiplying. To convert to a decimal move the decimal point two to the left and you'll get .15

.15 x 240 = 36

Other method:

You can also do cross multiplication by setting up two fractions

`(x)/(240) = (15)/(100)`

15 x 240 = 3,600

3,600/ 100 = 36

Answer is 36

Answer 2

15% of 240 days = 0.15 x 240 = 36 days

Answer: 36 days