Question

toby works at new visions eyeglass company. he makes 7$ an hour and piecework pay of 8 cents for every pair of eyeglasses he assembles. in one week, toby works 39 1/2 hours and puts together 203 pairs of glasses. what is tobys total pay for the week?​

Answer 1

$292.74

Explanation:

The answer is $292.74 because:

- For every hour, Toby makes $7. That said, in that specific week, he worked 39.5 (or 39 and 1/2 hours), which is $276.50. You get this by multiplying his salary by the total hours worked. This can also be seen through dimensional analysis:

`(7)/(1 hour)` ×
`(39.5 hours)/(1)` = $276.50

(The hours get cancelled; if this is confusing, just stick with understanding my first explanation)

- The other part of the problem requires another calculation such like this. For every pair of eyeglasses Toby makes, he makes 8 cents, or $0.08. In the specific week, he made 203 pairs of glasses. Through the same method, by multiplying 203 by 0.08, you get $16.24. This can also be seen through dimensional analysis:

`(0.08 cents)/(1 pair)` ×
`(203 pairs)/(1)` = $16.24

(The pairs get cancelled; if this is confusing, also stick with understanding my first explanation)

Now with ALL of this said, all you have to do is add $276.50 with $16.24 because the question is asking for the total pay, and the answer comes to $292.74.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

Hello! So if Toby makes 7$ an hour and every piece work he makes they pay him 8 cents. And he worked a total of 39 1/2 hours and assembles 203 pairs of sunglasses, First find the anwser to how much money he made in 39 1/2 hours, you multiply 7 by 39 1/2 and you get = 276.50$ dollars. Then 8x203 equals to = 1,624, Lastly you add them up together and you get = 1,900.5$ dollars.
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