Question

It is 10:00 am and a guest calls with a plumbing problem. You know that maintenance has a list of 4 problems currently being addressed and history indicates that each takes 35 minutes. When is the earliest you could tell the guest that maintenance staff will arrive?

Answer 1

Multiplying 35 minutes per plumbing problem by the 4 problems gives us 140 minutes. Adding this time to the current time of 10:00 am, the earliest maintenance staff could arrive at the guest's location would be 12:20 pm.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine when maintenance staff could arrive at the guest's location, we need to calculate the total time needed to address the 4 current plumbing problems. Each problem takes an average of 35 minutes to resolve.

1. Multiply the time taken to address one plumbing problem (35 minutes) by the number of problems (4).
2. Add the total time required to solve the current problems to the current time (10:00 am).

Step 1: 35 minutes/problem × 4 problems = 140 minutes.

Step 2: 140 minutes is 2 hours and 20 minutes. So, add this time to 10:00 am.

10:00 am + 2 hours and 20 minutes = 12:20 pm.

Therefore, the earliest time maintenance could arrive at the guest's location is 12:20 pm.