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Lynwood Bauer was paid $7.25 an hour for his first 2 months of work at his after-school job. He earned $7.45 an hour in the next month and $7.25 in the next four months. What is his average hourly pay rate for the months he worked at his part time job, to the nearest cent /

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Answer:

$7.56

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the average hourly pay rate is shown below:

= (Total wages for all seventh month) ÷ (number of months)

= ($7.25 × 2 + $7.45 + $7.25 × 4) ÷ (7 months)

= $7.56

Hence, the average hourly pay rate for the month is $7.56 and the same is to be considered

We simply applied the above formula

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