Question

Jon Bradford earns $7.84 per hour as an insurance claims adjuster. What is his straight pay for the week if he worked the following hours this week:

Mon-8 hours
Tue-8 hours
Wed-6.5 hours
Thur-8.5 hours
Fri-7.25 hours

Answer 1

His pay for the week is 299 dollars with 88 cents so $299.88

Answer 2

Jon Bradford's straight pay for the week is
`299.88\$`

Solution:

Given Jon earns
`7.84\$` per hour.

He worked 8 hours each on Monday and Tuesday

Number of hours worked on Wednesday = 6.5 hours

Number of hours worked on Thursday = 8.5 hours

Number of hours worked on Friday = 7.25 hours

The total number of hours per week is
`8 +8 + 6.5 + 8.5 + 7.25 = 38.25 \text{ hours }`

`\text { Amount earned per week } = \text {Total hours in a week} *\text{ Amount paid per hour}`

Amount earned per week =
`38.25*7.84 = \$ 299. 88`