A heavy construction excavator is operated in two active shifts each day. The morning shift runs for hours, and the afternoon shift runs for hours. Between the shifts, the machine is turned off for a -minute maintenance period. What is the total active operating time accumulated by the excavator over a -day project, in minutes?
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The total active operating time is minutes.
To find the total active time, first add the daily shift lengths: hours + hours = hours per day. Multiply this by days to get a total of hours. Finally, convert the hours to minutes by multiplying by , yielding minutes.
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Converting decimal hours to minutes by multiplying by 60, and differentiating between active and inactive periods.