Question

David earns $8.59 an hour. His benefits package is equal to 18 percent of his hourly wages. When you include the value of his benefits, how much does David earn per hour?

Answer 1

Answer: David earns $10.14 per hour.

Explanation:

We are given that , David earns for an hour = $8.59

He gets benefits package that is equal to 18% of his hourly wages.

Now, When we include the value of his benefits, then the amount earned by David per hour as benefit will be :

Benefit = 18% of $8.59

[We write 18% as 0.18 (To convert a percent into decimal or fraction we divide it by 100.)]

Benefit = 0.18 × $8.59

Benefit = $1.5462 ≈ $1.55

David's per hour earning = original earning + Benefit

=$8.59 + $1.55 = $10.14

Hence , David earns $10.14 per hour.

Answer 2

David earns $10.14 per hour.

Explanation:

David earns for an hour = $8.59

He gets benefits package that is equal to 18% of his hourly wages.

18% of 8.59

`(18)/(100)` × 8.59

= 0.18 × 8.59

= $1.5462 ≈ $1.55

David's per hour earning = $8.59 + $1.55 = $10.14

David earns $10.14 per hour.