Question

3. Heather and Todd each earn $12.00 per hour.

● Heather receives a raise of $0.50 per hour, followed by a 10% raise.
Todd receives a 10% raise, followed by a raise of $0.50 per hour.
How much more does Heather earn per hour now than Todd does now?
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Answer 1

Answer: Heather makes $0.05 more

Explanation:

Heather:

12 + 0.50 = 12.50

12.50 * 0.10 = 1.25

12.50 + 1.25 = 13.75

Todd:

12* 0.10 = 1.20

12 + 1.20 = 13.20

13.20 + 0.50 = 13.70

Answer 2

Let's start by finding out Heather's new hourly rate after the two raises she received:

Heather's first raise was $0.50 per hour, which brings her hourly rate to $12.50 per hour.
Heather's second raise is a 10% increase over her new hourly rate of $12.50, which is $1.25 ($12.50 x 0.10). Adding this to her new hourly rate gives us Heather's final hourly rate of:
$12.50 + $1.25 = $13.75 per hour

Now, let's find out Todd's new hourly rate after the two raises he received:

Todd's first raise is a 10% increase over his hourly rate of $12.00, which is $1.20 ($12.00 x 0.10). Adding this to his hourly rate gives us Todd's new hourly rate of:
$12.00 + $1.20 = $13.20 per hour

Todd's second raise is $0.50 per hour, which brings his hourly rate to:
$13.20 + $0.50 = $13.70 per hour

Therefore, Heather earns $13.75 per hour and Todd earns $13.70 per hour, which means Heather earns:

$13.75 - $13.70 = $0.05 more per hour than Todd