Question

An owner of an repair service Company eliminates that for every 30 hours a repair person is on the job he can bill for only 72% of the hours for the remaining hours the repair person is idle for a driving to or from a job

Answer 1

Answer: He is idle for 8.4 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of hours he repairs  =30 hours

Percentage of hours he worked = 72%

Remaining percentage of hours he remains idle is given by

$100-72\\\\=28\%$

So, Number of hours he is idle for a driving  is given by

$0.28\times 30\\\\=8.4\ hours$

Hence, he is idle for 8.4 hours.