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Assuming someone can work a max of 8 hours per day and a max of 5 days per week, how many workers are needed to make sure there is always 2 persons working at any given time?

Assuming someone can work a max of 8 hours per day and a max of 5 days per week, how many workers are needed to make sure there is always 2 persons working at any given time?179.134.100.80 (talk) 20:34, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

in real life you'd have to cater for holidays and sick leave too. And a lunch break.

Anyway here we can say 168 hours with 2 working every hour at 40 hours per worker which gives at least 8.4 workers, or 9 since you can't employ .4 of a worker. You could employ 6 for 5 days a week and 3 at 4 days a week.

Say ABCDEF are 5 day workers and GHI are four day then the 8 hour shifts could be

AB CD EF

AB CG HI

DE FG HI

Not good for their health either changing shifts like that! NadVolum (talk) 21:13, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]