Max rents out his second property during the summer holidays.
After his guests left last week, it took 5 cleaners 4 1/2 hours to clean all the rooms in the property.
This week, there are only 3 cleaners available to clean the property.
Each cleaner is paid £8.20 for each hour or part of an hour they work.
How much will each cleaner be paid this week (assuming they work at the same rate as last week)?
Answer:
Total number of hours to clean the property = 4.5 x 5 = 22.5 hrs
This week, each cleaner will work 22.5/3 = 7.5 hrs
As they get paid for part of an hour, we round up to 8 hrs.
So each cleaner will get paid 8 x 8.20 = £65.60