Question

Find the hourly rate of pay for each of the following jobs: a) Tamara owns a salon and earns R1050 for 6 hours and 15 minutes of work. ​

Answer 1

₹168 per hour

Explanation:

The hourly rate at which Tamara is paid can be found by dividing her ₹1050 pay by the 6:15 hours that she worked.

Hours

We know there are 60 minutes in an hour, so the fraction of an hour represented by 15 minutes is ...

(15 min)/(60 min/h) = (15/60) h = 1/4 h = 0.25 h

Added to the 6 whole hours Tamara worked, her pay is for 6.25 hours.

Hourly rate

The pay per hour is found by dividing pay by hours.

₹1050/(6.25 h) = ₹168/h

Tamara's hourly rate of pay is ₹168 per hour.