Question

The table shows the earnings and the number of hours worked for five employees. complete the table by finding the missing values.

Answer 1

The first employee

`\begin{gathered} He\text{ earns a total of \$12.75} \\ \text{His working rate is \$}8.50\text{ per hour} \\ \text{Hours he workd can be calculated below} \\ \text{ \$8.50 = 1 hour} \\ \text{ \$12.75 =?} \\ \text{ number of hours=}(12.75)/(8.50) \\ \text{ number of hours = 1.5 hours} \end{gathered}`

The second employee

`\text{ earning per hour = }(19.09)/(2.3)=\text{ \$8.3 per hour}`

The third employee

`\begin{gathered} \text{ \$7.75=1 hour} \\ \text{ \$26.}35=\text{?} \\ \text{ number of hours=}(26.35)/(7.75)=3.4\text{ hours} \end{gathered}`

The fourth employee

`\text{earning per hour = }(49.50)/(4.5)=\text{ \$}11\text{ per hour}`

The fifth employee

`\text{earning per hour=}(31.50)/(1.5)=\text{ \$21 per hour}`