Question

Penelope goes to work after school for 4.5 hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. She doesn’t have classes on Wednesdays or Thursdays, so she works 8 hours each on those days. If she makes $413 each week, what’s her hourly rate? aner

Answer 1

Her hourly rate is $14.

Explanation:

Given:

Penelope goes to work after school for 4.5 hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.

She works 8 hours each on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Now, to find her hourly rate.

So, total hours Penelope work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays:

`4.5+4.5+4.5=13.5\ hours.`

And, total hours she work on Wednesdays and Thursdays:

`8+8=16\ hours.`

Now, the total hours each week she work:

`13.5+16=29.5\ hours.`

Total money she makes each week = $413.

Now, to get the hourly rate we divide the total hours each week she work by total money she makes each week:

`413/ 29.5`

`=\$14.`

Therefore, her hourly rate is $14.