Jessie just finished the probation period at work and got a $0.50 per hour raise and 4 more hours of work per week. Jessie's friend scoffed, “That's only $2 more per week! Who cares?” Why is Jessie's friend wrong about the change in Jessie's weekly pay? What more do we need to know about Jessie's work situation to calculate the actual change in the pay? How is this related to the product rule in calculus class?

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Jessie just finished the probation period at work and got a $0.50 per hour raise and 4 more hours of work per week. Jessie's friend scoffed, “That's only $2 more per week! Who cares?”  Why is Jessie's friend wrong about the change in Jessie's weekly pay? What more do we need to know about Jessie's work situation to calculate the actual change in the pay?  How is this related to the product rule in calculus class?

anonymous · Answer

Good luck, km.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you!

anonymous · Answer

You're very welcome. Wish I could do more but I'm not at that level, yet.

anonymous · Answer

The other part of this question is at this link, for anyone just coming along. We've been working on it for while. http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/5271b048e4b077aaee83f356