Question

The owner of an automotive shop devotes 90% of his workweek to supervising, sales and accounting tasks. In one week, the owner spent 36 hours of his workweek on supervising, sales and accounting tasks. How many hours did he work that week? Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer: He worked 40 hours that week.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The owner of an automotive shop devotes 90% of his workweek to supervising, sales and accounting tasks. In one week.

Let x = Number of hours he work in a week.

then, Hours for supervising, sales and accounting tasks = 90% of x

As per given ,

$90\%\ of \ x= 36\\\\\Rightarrow\ 0.90x=36\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=\dfrac{36}{0.9}=\dfrac{360}{9}\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=40$

Hence, he worked 40 hours that week.