Question

An employee at a gift shop earns $72.00 for working 9 hours. At this hourly rate, what should the employee earn for a 40-hour work week?

Answer 1

The employee would earn $320 for a 40-hour work week.

Explanation:

Given

• Total Earning amount = $72.00

• Total Time taken = 9 hours

To determine

We have to find the employee's earning earn for a 40-hour work week.

First Step

Determining the hourly rate

In order to determine the hourly rate, the first step we need to do is to divide the earning amount by the total number of hours.

Hourly rate = Total Earning amount / Total Time taken

= $72.00 / 9 hours

= $8.00 per hour

Second Step

Determining the employee's earning earn for a 40-hour work week.

As we have already determined that employee is earning $8.00 per hour.

i.e.

• Hourly rate = $8.00 per hour

In order to determine the employee's earning for a 40-hour work week, all we need is to multiply the hourly rate i.e. 8 with 40.

Thus,

Earning for 40-hour work week = Hourly rate × 40

= 8.00 × 40

= $320

Therefore, the employee would earn $320 for a 40-hour work week.