Contract

8 employees complete the contract for 65 hours. After 17 hours, 3 employees had to leave for another job. How many more hours will the job on contract be fulfilled?

Result

t =  76.8 h

Solution:


17*8+t*(8-3)=65*8

5t = 384

t = 3845 = 76.8

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