Question

Keiji Kuroki delivers newspapers for The Baton Rouge News. He is paid $0.08 for every daily paper (Mon.-Fri.) he delivers and $0.75 for every Sunday paper. What is his pay for a week in which he delivers 574 daily papers and 165 Sunday papers?

Answer 1

574 x .08 = 60.32
165 x .75 = 123.75
60.32 + 123.75 = 184.07

Answer 2

Amount charged by Keiji Kuroki for every daily paper (Mon.-Fri.) he delivers=$0.08

Amount charged by Keiji Kuroki for every Sunday paper=$ 0.75

Total amount that Keji Kuroki will collect for delivering 574 daily papers and 165 Sunday papers

=574 × [6 days (That is from monday to friday)]×$0.08 +165×[1 Day that is Sunday]×$0.75

=574 × 6 × $0.08 +165× $ 0.75

=3444×$0.08 +123.75

=$275.52 +$123.75

=$ 399.27