Jim has the job of sorting the mail at his company. today, it took jim 73% of the time that it took him yesterday to sort the company's mail. if it took him 2 hours and 20 minutes yesterday, how much time did it take him today? round your answer to the nearest minute.

Yesterday's time:  t = 2 hr 20 min

Today's time:  0.73(2 hr 20 min) = 0.73 (2.333 hr) = 1.703 hr

This can be expressed in hours and minutes:
                                                              
                                                            60 min
1 hr + 0.703 hr  =  1 hr + 0.703 hr *
                                                           1 hr

                            = 1 hr + 42.18 min

Rounded off to the nearest minute, we get 1 hr 42 min (answer)

40%=2/550=1/230=3/1056=14/25