Math Problem

[rgcraig]

A secretary received 1547 calls in 45 work days.

A work day is 8 hrs.

Assume each call lasted 1 minute each.

How much time was spent per day on the phone?

[Elizabeth]

Sorry I am slow, received 1547 calls?

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Sorry I am slow, received 1547 calls?

No, that was my bad - I left the word "calls" out.

[Ferd]

She worked 21,600 minutes and spent 1547 minutes on these calls.

Thats a little over 7% of her time.

[Ron]

34-35 minutes

[Ferd]

what Ron said

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Ferd

She worked 21,600 minutes and spent 1547 minutes on these calls.

Thats a little over 7% of her time.

How many minutes per day did these calls take?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Ferd

She worked 21,600 minutes and spent 1547 minutes on these calls.

Thats a little over 7% of her time.

Are you sure? The question was, "How much time was spent per day on the phone?"

Calling her coworkers, kids, sitter, girlfriends, husband, pet sitter and the local 900 astrology hotline would add substantially to her totals.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Ron

34-35 minutes

BINGO!

Just checking my brain.

My boss has been doing an analysis for YEARS WRONG!!!!!!! I just found the error.

She had reported the lady spend 4.3 HOURS on the phone per day??????????????????

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

How many minutes per day did these calls take?

still works out to 7% or what Ron said.