The dock foreman gets to work each day at 5:30 A. M. He goes to lunch at 11:01 A. M. and gets back to work at noon. He goes home for the day at 3:20 P. M. How many hours does the foreman work in a 5−day work week?

The foreman works approximately 44 hours in a 5−day workweek.

Step-by-step explanation:

In one day the dock foreman works the following hours:

Now, in 1 5-day work week the man works:

Therefore, the foreman works approximately 44 hours in a 5−day workweek.

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answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,