Question

2. A restaurant employs five people. The two cooks work 36 hours

each per week for R36 an hour, and the three waiters work
30 hours each per week for R28 an hour. What does the
restaurant pay its five employees in total per week?​

Answer 1

Total amount = R5112

Explanation:

Let the cooks be C.

Let the waiters be W.

Given the following data;

Number of cooks, C = 2

Number of waiters, W = 3

a. To find the amount earned by each cook;

C = 36 * R36 = R1296

b. To find the amount earned by each waiter;

W = 30 * R28 = R840

c. To find the total amount earned by the employees;

Total amount = 2C + 3W

Total amount = 2(1296) + 3(840)

Total amount = 2592 + 2520

Total amount = R5112