Question

An employee in a shoe repair store must schedule his day so that he can complete all of his work. To do that, he must know how long it takes to complete each job. One day he worked on 15 shoes from 11:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., taking a half hour for lunch. Approximately how long did it take to complete each shoe?

Answer 1

It takes him 17 minutes to make each shoe.

How to Solve:

1. take away the 30 min lunch break from the time becomes 11:45 to 4:00
2. calculate the distance from 11:45 to 4:00 which is 4 hours and 15 minutes to complete each shoe.
3. Convert the hours into 60 minutes each so 60*4= 240 now add the extra minutes 240+15= 255 minutes
4. Now divide that bye 15 shoes 255/15= 17 minutes
5. So it takes 17 minutes to make each shoe. :)