A business estimates that employees use 15% of possible workdays for vacation or illness. An employee is scheduled to work 240 days in one year. How many of those days does the business estimate will be used for vacation or illness?
A.12
B.24
C.36
D.48
240 * .15 = ?
To find the number of days the business estimates will be used for vacation or illness, we can use the given information that employees use 15% of possible workdays for vacation or illness.
First, we calculate the 15% of 240 (the number of workdays scheduled in one year):
15% = 15/100 = 0.15
0.15 * 240 = 36
Therefore, the business estimates that 36 of the 240 workdays will be used for vacation or illness.
So, the correct answer is C. 36.
To find the number of days that the business estimates will be used for vacation or illness, we need to calculate 15% of 240 days.
To do this, we can follow these steps:
1. Convert 15% to decimal form by dividing it by 100: 15% = 15/100 = 0.15
2. Multiply the decimal by the total number of days (240): 0.15 * 240 = 36
Therefore, the business estimates that 36 of the 240 scheduled days will be used for vacation or illness.
The answer is C. 36.