Question

A brick layer is able to set 2.5 breaks in one minute how many bricks can you set an eight hours

Answer 1

In 8 hours he will set 1200 bricks

Explanation:

In this problem, we are expected to estimate the number of bricks he can set in 8 hours.

let us convert hours to minutes we have

60 min make 1 hour

x min make 8 hours

cross multiply

x= 60*8

x= 480 min

We are assuming the same rate with which he sets 2.5 brick is the same as the rate with which he will set bricks for the 8 hours windows

so if the bricklayer sets

2.5 bricks in 1min

y bricks in 480 min

Cross multiply we have

y=2.5*480

y= 1200 bricks

hence in 8 hours, he will set 1200 bricks