Question

Which employee has the highest hourly rate? Keep in mind that they do not get paid for lunch.

Please show your work..?

Answer 1

does the total hours worked also = their lunch hours

Answer 2

I think you have to subtract the number of hours they had lunch from the total hours they worked.

Answer 3

ok hold on lemme see if i can solve it

Answer 4

Okay thanks, I mean they give me an answer key, but I have to show my work. So like, they only give me the answer. And they said it's Mike. But idk how that is.

Answer 5

yeah it is Mike because he works the least amount of hours and still makes $629 almost really close to the other workers that get paid max. $647 when they work for a lot of hours (41)

Answer 6

Yes but it said for the highest hourly rate... He gets paid less than everyone else...

Answer 7

That's what is confusing me.

Answer 8

Oh wait I understand.

Answer 9

he gets payed less than everyone but ppl that get payed hourly measn the total pay=weekly they all get payed weekly

Answer 10

for example lets say Mike gets payed $5 and hour and he works for 3 hours a day/ 7 days a week he makes $15 a day which means he makes $105 a week
lets also say everyone else works 3 hours a day and also 7 days a week but get paid $3 they would be making $9 day and $63 a week use this example t see why Mike gets paid more.. the other workers work more hours and get paid a less HOURLY rate but they work more DAYS then MIke and thats why they still have a higher paycheck every week

if they all worked the same amount of days MIKE would be getting paid more at the end of the week

do you Understand ? or should i explain more

Answer 11

Oh no that made me fully understand xD

Answer 12

lol glad i can help and sorry it was super long

Answer 13

Haha nah it was worth it xD

Answer 14

lol well glad i can help questions like those can be annoying sometimes

Answer 15

Yeah they do, lmao. But nah you did a good job explaining XD

Answer 16

thanks im good at explaining but sometimes suck at answering

Answer 17

For each person, do this:

\(\dfrac{amount ~ of~ money}{total~hours - lunch~hours} = hourly ~rate \)

For example, for Mike:

\(\dfrac{$629.70}{38.75 - 2.75} = \dfrac{$629.70}{36} = $17.49~per~hour\)

After you do all calculations, you will see that Mike has the highest hourly rate.

Answer 18

nice job @mathstudent55 that is the answer but mine was the explanation really good job

Answer 19

Haha, you guys both did a good job c: