Question

debra works at Walmart. her regularly hour wage is $8.50a.) she regularly works 40 hours per week. what would be her annual salary?b.) if she works 50 weeks each year at this rate, what would be her annual salary?

Answer 1

a) You know that she works 40 hours per week.

You know that there are 365 days in a year and there are 7 days in a week. Then, the number of hours she regularly work per year, can be found as following:

`\begin{gathered} (40)/(7)=(x)/(365) \\ \\ \end{gathered}`

Where "x" is the number of hours she regularly work per year.

Solving for "x", you get:

`\begin{gathered} (365)((40)/(7))=x \\ \\ x=2,085.71 \end{gathered}`

Debra's regularly hour wage is $8.50 and, then, multiply the value of "x" by $8.50 in order to calculate her annual salary (in dollars):

`(2,085.71)(8.50dollars)\approx17,728.54dollars`

b) If she works 50 weeks per year, you can set up the following proportion to find "x":

`(50)/(7)=(x)/(365)`

Solving for "x", you get:

`\begin{gathered} (365)((50)/(7))=x \\ \\ x\approx2,607.14 \end{gathered}`

Multiply the value of "x" by $8.50 in order to calculate her annual salary (in dollars):

`(2,607.14)(8.50dollars)\approx22,160.69dollars`

The answers are:

a) $17,728.54

b) $22,160.69