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7. George works as a laborer and earns $1850.00 every month. If he works 40 hours a weel

what is his hourly rate? (10.11 Meeting)

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Explanation:

I guess we can simply assume that the month has 4 weeks.

1 month = 4 weeks = 4×40 = 160 hours = $1850.00

that means in 1 hour he gets

1850/160 = $11.5625 ≈ $11.56

that is what "hourly rate" means.

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