a group of clerks must sort 1775 files. each clerk sorts at the constant rate of 30 files per hour. some of the clerks stop working at the end of the first hour; the same number of clerks stop working at the end of the second hour; and the same number of clerks stop working at the end of the third hour. the group finishes the sorting in 3 hours and 10 minutes. find the number of files sorted during the first one and a half hours of sorting.

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varshamittal029 varshamittal029 · Answer 1 · 2022-12-03T09:01:59+01:00

The number of files sorted in the first one and a half hours of sorting is 945.

Here, we are given that a group of clerks must sort 1775 files.

Each clerk sorts at a constant rate of 30 files per hour.

Let the number of clerks who start working initially be x.

Thus, they will sort 30x files in the first hour.

After the first hour, let the number of clerks who stop working be a

Thus, the number of files sorted in the second hour will be 30(x - a)

Similarly, the number of files sorted in the third hour will be 30(x - 2a)x

In the last 10 minutes, the number of files sorted will be 5(x - 3a)

Thus, we can form the following equation-

30x + 30(x - a) + 30(x - 2a) + 5(x - 3a) = 1775

30x + 30x - 30a + 30x - 60a + 5x - 15a = 1775

95x - 105a = 1775

19x - 21a = 355

x = (355 + 21a)/ 19

since x and a both have to be integers, (355 + 21a) must be divisible by 19.

This is the case when a = 3

⇒ x = (355 + 21*3)/ 19

x = 418/ 9

x = 22

Now, the number of files sorted in first one and a half hours will be-

30x + 15(x - a)

= 30*22 + 15(22 - 3)

= 660 + 15*19

= 660 + 285

= 945

Thus, the number of files sorted in the first one and a half hours of sorting is 945.

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