a. p(h) is 33 dollars. This means that If an employee works for 3 hours, based on the function p, they would be owed $33 in wages.
b. Javis was paid $88 for last week's error.
c. The function notation for the last week incorrect wages can be represented as p(h + 5).
How to find how much Javis was paid
a. To find p(3), you look at the table where h = 3.
Corresponding to this h value, p(h) is 33 dollars.
Interpreting this in the context of the problem: If an employee works for 3 hours, based on the function p, they would be owed $33 in wages.
b. Given that last week there was an error in paying each employee for 5 more hours than they actually worked:
For Javis, who actually worked 3 hours, according to the erroneous calculation, he was paid for 3 + 5 = 8 hours.
From the function p, when h = 8 hours, p(h) = 88 dollars.
Therefore, Javis was paid $88 for last week's error.
c. The transformation of the function p to represent last week's incorrect wages for an employee who worked h hours involves adding 5 to the input (number of hours worked).
This adjustment can be represented using function notation as p(h + 5). This notation implies that the employee is being paid according to the function p for h + 5 hours instead of h hours.