Question

Al Johnson is a word processor. He is paid $2.95 a page. A normal job has 600 pages and requires about 225 words per page. Al types at 90 words per minute. About how much will Al receive for his work? $ a0 Estimate how many hours it will take Al to complete the job.

Answer 1

Given Al paid $2.95 per page.

So, payment for 600 pages = 600*2.95 = $1770

Given for 90 words Al takes a minute.

So, for one word Al takes 1/90 minute.

Since that job has 225 words per page and 600 pages,

total number of words = 600*225= 135000 words.

So for 135000 words Al will take $135000*\frac{1}{90}  = 1500 minutes$ = 25 hours

So, Al will earn $1770 for his work and takes 25 hours to complete the job.