Question

help me pwease =(

Women in the United States continue to be paid less than men overall. Nationally, in 2007, the median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers totaled $614, while it was $766 for males.

In 2007, male full-time wage and salary workers earned _________ % more than female full-time wage and salary workers.

In 2007, female full-time wage and salary workers earned _________ % less than male full-time wage and salary workers.

Answer 1

i have the answe btw i just need to verify if its correct

Answer 2

cheater show me urs first

Answer 3

no u wont

Answer 4

Males earned 766/1380= 55.51% more. Females made 614/1380= 44.49% less.

Answer 5

because thats the whole and u divide by the part

Answer 6

wth u didnt even help me u NINCOMPOOP

Answer 7

In 2007, male full-time wage and salary workers earned 24.76 % more than female full-time wage and salary workers.

In 2007, female full-time wage and salary workers earned 19.84 % less than male full-time wage and salary workers.

Answer 8

why was i wrong jeff can u show ur work please

Answer 9

hmmmm im confused

Answer 10

The first question was asking for how many percent does the male salary higher than the female salary. So, you must use the female salary as the base, resulting to this equation.
\[\frac{ 766-614 }{ 614 } \] = 24.76%

Same goes with the second question, but this time since it was asking for the female compared to male, use the male salary as the base.
\[\frac{ 766-614 }{ 766 }\] = 19.84%

Answer 11

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh i got it lolol thank u thank u !!

Answer 12

Are you all understanding why you are getting different numbers than Jeff?

@nincompoop effectively solved for "what is the ratio of women's pay to men's pay?"

@Jeffrey_Calderon solved for "knowing that men were paid more by 766-614, how much of a % difference is that versus the women's pay?"

and "how much of a % difference is 766-614 versus the men's pay?"

Answer 13

Easy number example:
If I earn $15 and you earn 10%, I make 150% of your pay. And you make 66.67% of my pay.

However, my pay is 50% higher than yours (15-10)/10 = 5/10 = 50%
and yours is 33.33% lower than mine (15-10)/15 = 5/15 = 33.33%

Answer 14

The first approach in that example is what @nincompoop did, and the 2nd approach is what @Jeffrey_Calderon did.

Answer 15

So @yomamabf , which approach did you choose for your answer? :)

Answer 16

the guy was right and hey jake =D

Answer 17

lolol no im fine but i still need my question answered about the ratio thingy

Answer 18

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

Answer 19

i have NO idea what they're asking here

Answer 20

The way the question is asked, it isn't completely clear... that's why I asked :)

Like my example with $10 and $15 pay, there are two totally legit ways to talk about how is paid more and by how much. One is a straight ratio, like @nincompoop , and the other is the ratio of the difference in pay versus one group or the other, like @Jeffrey_Calderon

I think @Jeffrey_Calderon is correct here, because it says "men were paid ___% MORE than women" meaning, find how much more they were paid in regular dollars, then calculate that percentage by dividing by the women's pay.

But I admit, it is a little confusing the way it's worded..

Answer 21

yea i thought that too i really thought adding the numbers than dividing by the numbers made sense =/ guess i was wrong

Answer 22

Lots of problems with discount percentages or "increase in price" percentages follow this form.

Shirt costs $20. On sale, shirt costs $15. How much is the % discount?

Answer: % discount = (original price - sale price)/original price
= (20-15)/20
=5/20
=25%

Answer 23

Or, inflation strikes, prices rise...

$20 shirt last year NOW costs $25. By what % did the shirt increase in price?

% increase = (new price - old price)/old price = (25-20)/20 = 25% increase

Answer 24

can you help me out with the second question jake?

Answer 25

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

Answer 26

Aha!! this is what @nincompoop is solving!!

\[\frac{ women }{ men }\]

Answer 27

614/766 = 80.2

Answer 28

ohhhh you're supposed to divide..... durrr lol

Answer 29

so wait you;re just looking for the difference?

Answer 30

The point is that your first question and your second question are actually different questions with different answers

Answer 31

i still dont get what the question is aksing to be honest i've read it like 10 times now

Answer 32

oh so the first 2 answers i solved?

Answer 33

it doesn't ask you to compare against the mean of men and women... you could find that, but that's not what is asked.

Answer 34

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

Answer 35

690 is the median

Answer 36

wait why though?

Answer 37

88.99% i dont understand why tho

Answer 38

wow thats really confusing wording

Answer 39

yea just the last part i really dont see where it says you have to divide by the median from the women's earnings

Answer 40

I bet yomama doesnt want help from me lol

Answer 41

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

Answer 42

what about the first part where it mentions the male earnings as well?

Answer 43

???

Answer 44

hi jeff there was a second part to the question

Answer 45

holy cow this wording is drivin me nuts

Answer 46

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

Answer 47

First, identify the given, what is the male full time wage, salary worker median weekly earnings and female median weekly earnings

Answer 48

male 766

Answer 49

median is 766+614= ___ /2 = 690

Answer 50

female median weekly earnings i have no clue

Answer 51

the female median is the female earnings?

Answer 52

oh shnap ohhh i see lol

Answer 53

ok so whats the next step?

Answer 54

so what is the final product ?

Answer 55

wait i dont understand what the final product is supposed to be....

Answer 56

are you sure of that men plus women over 2?

Answer 57

so the final product is?

Answer 58

so there you go yomamabf. I think everything you need to know is here.

Answer 59

so i should just write that the median for the 2 earnings is 690?

Answer 60

yes! definitely!

Answer 61

oh ok ... lol thanx guys <3

Answer 62

question closed! :)

Answer 63

oh noooo nincompoop LMAOOO by final product i meant what do i write as the answer

Answer 64

mother father! haha. you're going to arrive with 2 answers, it's already written above.
answer number 1
women median vs men median = women/men
answer number 2
women median vs salary worker median = women/([men+women]/2)

got it pretty girl?
question closed! :)

Answer 65

they're not asking for the median at all lol i just read the problem corectly they're asking how much do the men make percentage wise from the women lolol

Answer 66

This is the 2nd question that @yomamabf posed:

what percent of male full-time wage and salary worker median weekly earnings does the female median weekly earnings represent?

I don't see anything in that question that asks for a comparison with "median worker"
It is still a basic ratio of female / male salaries.

But this so much fun, I say we just keep solving this dead horse all night :)

Answer 67

lololol <33 nincompoop

Answer 68

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Answer 69

hahahahhahaa

Answer 70

isn't it that it was also asking for SALARY WORKER MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS?

Answer 71

nincompoop read the original problem by the median weekly earnings they're just talking about the 766 and 614 lol

Answer 72

It is the median (male full time wage and male salary) worker... a single male median figure of $766

Answer 73

theres no median of 690 involved at all lolololol omg we wasted so much time beating a dead horse

Answer 74

nice jake! Got it! haha. clause problem. haha

Answer 75

All those words = distractions... it's just 2 figures for men pay and women pay

Answer 76

darn words... should leave them to the English classes and let us talk pure numbers1!

Answer 77

OOOOOOKEEEEY! Question closed! Agree?! :)

Answer 78

I second the motion

Answer 79

lololol thanx guys <333333333333