A certain hotel has 1,400 single rooms and 420 double rooms. Each room is cleaned by one person. If one person can clean a single room every 15 minutes and a double room every 20 minutes, how many cleaning persons are needed to clean all the rooms if each person works for exactly 7 hours?

(A) 65
(B) 70
(C) 80
(D) 90
(E) 265
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for single room, one person can clean 4 rooms in 1 hr.
thus in 7 hrs =7*4=28 rooms
Persons required for 1400 rooms= 1400/28= 50 persons
similarly
for double room, one person can clean 3 rooms in 1 hr.
thus in 7 hrs =7*3=21 rooms
Persons required for 420 rooms= 420/21 =20 persons

thus total no. of persons = persons required for single room + persons required for double rooms
=50 + 20=70

Ans B

Hi All,

This is essentially a rate question. Here's how to solve it:

Single rooms take one person 15 minutes to clean and double rooms take one person 20 minutes to clean.

15 mins. = 1/4 hour
20 mins. = 1/3 hour

With 1400 single rooms x 1/4 hour = 350 hours of total work for 1 person
With 420 double rooms x 1/3 hour = 140 hours of total work for 1 person

For ALL the rooms, we have a total of 350 + 140 = 490 hours of total work for 1 person

To get the work done in 7 hours, we'll need 490/7 = 70 workers

Final Answer:

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It takes 1400 x 1/4 = 350 hours to clean the single rooms and 420 x 1/3 = 140 hours to clean the double rooms, for a total time of 490 hours. We can let n = the number of workers and create the equation:

7n = 490

n = 70

Answer: B
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