Question

Matt, the coordinator at the local emergency food hamper program, noticed the following trends: typically 200 hampers were distributed on Mondays on Tuesdays, 40 fewer hampers were distributed than on Mondays on Wednesdays, there was another peak with 1.3 times Tuesday’s volume on Thursdays, the number of hampers distributed was usually of 3/4 Monday’s volume on Fridays, 50% of Thursday’s volume was distributed In a typical week, how many food hampers were distributed?

Answer 1

Answer:

793 food hampers were distributed

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find how many food hampers were distributed in a typical week, knowing that  

• 200 hampers were distributed on Mondays

40 fewer hampers were distributed on Tuesdays than on Mondays, thus:

• 160 hampers were distributed on Tuesdays

on Wednesdays, the volume is 1.3 times Tuesday’s volume, thus  160*1.3=

• 208 hampers were distributed on Wednesdays

on Thursdays the number of hampers distributed was 3/4 of Monday’s volume, thus  3/4*200=

• 150 hampers were distributed on Thursdays

on Fridays, 50% of Thursday’s volume was distributed, therefore  50%*150=

• 75 hampers were distributed on Fridays

The total number of food hampers distributed in the week is

200+160+208+150+75=793

793 food hampers were distributed