Students deliver catalogues and leaflets to houses.

Minimum number of students = maximum amount of work done by each student. This is because if students did less than the maximum amount of work, we would need more students. Therefore, we can assume that each student works for 8 hours a day delivering the maximum number of leaflets/catalogs.

Let's say students work for a total of z hours each day. They work for x hours delivering catalogs and y hours delivering leaflets.

For each hour a student delivers catalogs, 16 are delivered. Therefore, 16x = number of catalogs delivered. Similarly, 90y = number of leaflets delivered. We therefore have

x+y=z

16x = 384

divide both sides by 16 to isolate x

x=24

90y = 1890

divide both sides by 90 to isolate y

y=21

Therefore, 45 hours must be worked, and 5 5/8 students must be hired. Since a student working partially must be paid for a full day, we must round up to 6 students, causing us to pay 51.3 * 6 = 307.80 for their wages

mhashimi21 mhashimi21 · Answer 2 · 2022-01-11T19:46:40+01:00

Answer:

£2308.5 per day

Step-by-step explanation:

Since in one day they have to deliver 384 catalogues and 1890 leaflets and each student can deliver either 16 catalogues or 90 leaflets in hour, the amount of students required to deliver 384 catalogues in one hour is 384/16 = 24 students.

Also, the number of students required to deliver 1890 leaflets in one hour is 1890/90 = 21 students.

So the total number of students required to make the delivery is thus 24 + 21 = 45 students. This is the minimum number of students required for the delivery.

Since all students hired are paid £51.30 per day, even if they don't work a full day, so the amount of wage paid for this minimum amount of students is thus minimum amount × wage = 45 × £51.30 per day = £2308.5 per day