Question

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?

Answer 1

average of 6 hours per day

Answer 2

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
`8`
`\text{hours}`
`=2\text{days}`

Total number of hours
`=2*8`

`=16`
`\text{days}`

Number of hours employee worked for
`6`
`\text{hours}`
`=1\text{days}`

Total number of hours
`=1*8`

`=6`
`\text{days}`

Number of hours employee worked for
`4`
`\text{hours}`
`=2\text{days}`

Total number of hours
`=2*4`

`=8`
`\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)`

`=6`
`\text{hours per day}`

average number of hours employee worked is
`6`
`\text{hours per day}`