Question

Bill works for Stuff-It Mailing List. He gets 25 cents for each document he gets prepared for mailing. Last week he mailed out 2048 prepared documents. His gross check of 474 to him was incorrect. What was his correct total piecework pay? How much is he owed?

Answer 1

Bill should have been paid $512 for preparing 2,048 documents at a rate of $0.25 per document. He was instead paid $474, so he is owed $38.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves calculating the correct total piecework pay for Bill based on the number of documents he prepared for mailing. Bill gets paid $0.25 for each document, so if he prepared 2,048 documents, his correct pay should be calculated as follows:

2048 documents × $0.25 per document = $512

The amount he was paid, $474, was incorrect. To find out how much Bill is owed, we subtract the incorrect amount from the correct amount:

$512 (correct amount) - $474 (amount paid) = $38 owed

Therefore, Bill's correct piecework pay should have been $512, and he is owed $38.