Question

You make $663.78 a week. if you work 32 hours, find your hourly rate of pay

Answer 1

Given

you make $663.78 a week. if you work 32 hours, find your hourly rate of pay

Solution

1. We need to first know how many hours makes a week

2. Then divide $663.78 by the numbers of hours in a week to get per hour rate

3. We can then multiply money got per hour with 32hours

Step 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{RECALL } \\ 24\text{ hours =1day} \\ 7days\text{ =1 we}ek \\ \text{Therefore, 7}*24=168hours \end{gathered}`

168hours = 1week

Step 2

`\begin{gathered} \text{Money make per hour=}(663.78)/(168) \\ \\ \text{Money make per hour}=\text{ \$}3.951071429 \end{gathered}`

Step 3

`\begin{gathered} 32\text{hours}=\text{ \$}3.951071429*32 \\ 32\text{ hours = \$126. 4}342857 \end{gathered}`

The final answer is

$126.43