40% of nurse's time is spent dispensing medicine to patients. if 16 hours per week is spent dispensing medicine, how many hours does the nurse work?

If the nurse spends 16 hours per week dispensing medicine, and this equates to 40% of her total work time, that would be an that 16 is 40% of the total hours the nurse works. This number must be greater than 16 hours, as that is less than 100% of the total time worked, thus the answer of 14 hrs is not correct.

The correct answer would be 40 (forty) hours worked per week total. Using the formula (hrs worked)/(percent/100). (16)/(40/100) = 40.