MHB Do I weight this? Do some sort of average?

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To analyze the time taken for tasks across five boxes with varying bag counts, the goal is to create a comparison chart that normalizes the time based on the number of bags in each box. By calculating the time spent per bag for each step, one can determine if the number of bags contributes to increased completion time. For Box 1, the time per bag for step 1 is calculated as 2.5 minutes per bag, which can then be compared with other boxes. This method allows for a proportional assessment of time efficiency across different bag quantities. Ultimately, this approach will clarify the impact of bag counts on overall task duration.
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I have 5 boxes and I am displaying the amount of hours it takes to complete 3 different steps with the materials inside said boxes (you don't need it, but its item removal, rebagging, and consolidation). However, there are different amount of bags inside each box, and I need to make a comparison chart that can somehow weight the time so that amount of bags in each box is taken out of the equation. Basically, I need to see if the amount of bags/box is really contributing to increased time or not by removing bag amounts and making them all proportional somehow.

In the 5 boxes there is a total of 683 bags. Box 1= 60, B2=138, B3=99, B4=287, and B5=99. For Box 1, step 1 took 2.5 hours, step 2 took 6.66 hours, and step 3 took 1.3 hours.

If anyone can help with the first box and explain I can do all the rest, I'm just not sure how to do this...
 
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I am not sure this is what you need, but you can divide the time each step took by the number of bags in box 1 to see time per bag. So, step 1 takes
\[
\frac{2.5\,\text{hours} \cdot 60\frac{\text{minutes}}{\text{hour}}}{60\,\text{bags}} = 2.5\frac{\text{minutes}}{\text{bag}}
\]
Then you can compare time per bag between box 1 and box 2, for example.
 
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