An employee worked 8 hours on 2 days, 6 hours on 1 day, and 4 hours on 2 days. What is the average number of hours the employee worked per day?

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asked Aug 16, 2018 229k views

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Pedro Ferreira · Answer 1 · 2018-08-23T01:32:58+0000

Answer:

6 hours per day

Explanation:

Given: An employee worked 8 hours on 2 days, 6 hours on 1 day, and 4 hours on 2 days.

To Find: Average number of hours the employee worked per day

Solution:

Number of hours employee worked for

$\text{hours}$
$=2\text{days}$

Total number of hours
=2*8

=16
$\text{days}$

Number of hours employee worked for

$\text{hours}$
$=1\text{days}$

Total number of hours
=1*8

$\text{days}$

Number of hours employee worked for

$\text{hours}$
$=2\text{days}$

Total number of hours
=2*4

$\text{days}$

Total number of hours employee worked
=16+6+8=30
$\text{hours}$

Average number of hours employee worked
$=\frac{\text{total number of hours employee worked}}{\text{total number of days}}$

(30)/(5)

$\text{hours per day}$

average number of hours employee worked is

$\text{hours per day}$