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Your department has scheduled a 4-hour meeting. A presentation by the head of the department will be given during 1/3 of the meeting. There will also be a 25-minute briefing by the process improvement team, a half-hour presentation by another department, and a 20-minute benefits update from Human Resources. How much time is available for questions or other topics?1 hour 55 minutes25 minutes1 hour 45 minutes1 hour 25 minutes

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Your department has scheduled a 4-hour meeting. A presentation by the head of the department will be given during 1/3 of the meeting. There will also be a 25-minute briefing by the process improvement team, a half-hour presentation by another department, and a 20-minute benefits update from Human Resources. How much time is available for questions or other topics?1 hour 55 minutes25 minutes1 hour 45 minutes1 hour 25 minutes

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Solution

First, let's break down the time for each scheduled activity:

  1. The meeting is 4 hours long, which is 240 minutes.
  2. The head of the department will present for 1/3 of the meeting. 1/3 of 240 minutes is 80 minutes.
  3. The process improvement team will brief for 25 minutes.
  4. Another department will present for half an hour, which is 30 minutes.
  5. Human Resources will update for 20 minutes.

Now, let's add up the time for all these activities:

80 minutes (head of department) + 25 minutes (process improvement team) + 30 minutes (another department) + 20 minutes (Human Resources) = 155 minutes

Finally, subtract the total time of these activities from the total meeting time to find out how much time is left for questions or other topics:

240 minutes (total meeting time) - 155 minutes (total time of activities) = 85 minutes

So, 85 minutes are available for questions or other topics. In terms of hours and minutes, this is 1 hour and 25 minutes.

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