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a clerk can sort 7 papers/minute. if there are 225 papers in an inch, how many hours will it take her to sort 125 inches of loose apper

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Well if there is 225 lose papers to a single inch in order to find out how many loose papers the clerk has all together we will have to multiply 125 x 225.

125 x225 = 28125

The clerk has to sort 28125 papers in total.

Now she can sort 7 papers in a minute so now we divide 28125 by 7.

28125/7 = a rough estimate of 4018 minutes

The clerk will take about 66 hours and 58 minutes

Or 67 hours if you want to estimate
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