Question

Bonifacio works 40 hours per week as a customer service representative. If he made $17,680 last year, how much was he paid per hour?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Assuming a 52 week year, we can determine the total number of hours Bonifacio worked last year by evaluating:

`52 "weeks" xx (40 "hours")/"week" =>`

`52 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("weeks"))) xx (40 "hours")/color(red)(cancel(color(black)("week"))) =>`

`52 xx 40" hours" =>`

`2080" hours"`

If he made a total of $17,680 we can determine how much he was paid per hours by evaluating:

`($17680)/(2080" hours") => ($8.50)/"hour"`

Assuming a 52 week year, Bonifacio was paid $8.50 per hour.