Question

A factory employs 98 workers. Of these, 10 receive a wage of $150

per day and the rest receive $85.50 per day. To the management,
a week is equal to 6 working days. How much does the factory
pay out each week?
Please help!!

Answer 1

$54,144

Explanation:

To answer this question, we must break up the problem into separate parts. First, we know 10 out of 98 empolyees earn $150 per day, and they work 6 days a week. Therefore, we can multiply 150 by the amount they work each week, which is 6:

150 * 6 = 900

Now, we multiply that number by the amount of workers earning this money, which is 10:

900 * 10 = 9,000

Now, we know that 10 employees out of the 98 total earn $9,000 altogether, but we aren't finished.

Next, we look at the remaining 88 workers. They earn $85.50 per day, working 6 days a week as well. We must multiply these numbers:

85.50 * 6 = 513

Now, we multiply that number by the amount of workers earning this money, which is 88:

513 * 88 = 45,144

So, we know that the 88 employees earn $45,144 total during a work week, and the other 10 earn $9,000 total. We must now combine these numbers to get our final answer:

45,144 + 9,000 = 54,144

So, the factory pays out $54,144 each week

Hope this helps :)