Question

Clarissa took a job through an employment agency. The job pay $395 per week.Clarrisa must pay a fee to the employment agency. The fee is 20% of her first fourweeks pay. How much money must Clarrisa pay the agency?

Answer 1

Given Data:

The salary of Clarissa is : $395 per week

The total amount Clarissa own the employment agency is 20% of the 4 weeks salery.

The total salary of employment agency in four week is,

`395*4=1580`

Clarissa earn $1580 in her first four week.

The 20% of the $1580 is the amount Clarissa owns the agency.

The 20% of the $1580 is,

`\begin{gathered} 1580*(20)/(100)=1580*0.2 \\ =316 \end{gathered}`

Thus, Clarissa has to pay $316 to the employment agency.