Question

The secretary spent her 35 hour work week in this manner: 1/5 of her time sorting mail, 1/7 of her time filing letters, and ½ of her time typing. The rest of her time she acted as a receptionist. The percentage of her time spent as a receptionist during the week was most nearly

Answer 1

Answer:the secretary spends 15.71 % of her time

Explanation

GIVEN :

• Total hours per week = 35 hours,

Therefore :

• Sorting mails = ,1/5 * 35h ,= 7 hours

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• Filing letters = ,1/7 * 35 h, = 5 hours

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• Typing = ,1/2 *35 , = 17.5 hours

(i) Total time spent on office work = (7 + 5 +17.5 )hours = 29.5

(ii) Total hours - total time spent = time she acted as a receptionist

35 hour - 29.5 hours = 5.5 hours

This means that the secretary spends 5.5 hours acting as a receptionist

(iii) CONVERT 5.5 HOURS INTO PERCENTAGE :

`\begin{gathered} Receptionist\text{ percentage = }(5.5)/(35)*100 \\ \text{ = 15.71\%} \end{gathered}`

This means that the secretary spends 15.71 % of her time acting as a receptionist