Question

In a company, the penalty for being late for work in one month

follows the table below.
Late the first 3 times
$10 total
For every additional time $8 per time
If Jane paid $42 for the penalty last month, how many times
was she late for work?
___times

Answer 1

She was late 7 times. $42-$10=$32. $32/8 = 4. The first 3 days she was late plus the other 4 times being late that month is 7 days late.