Question

Jon Bradford earns $7.84 per hour as an insurance claims adjuster. What is his straight pay for the week if he worked the following hours this week:
Mon-8 hours
Tue-8 hours
Wed-6.5 hours
Thur-8.5 hours
Fri-7.25 hours

Answer 1

Answer:

His pay for the week is 299 dollars with 88 cents so $299.88

Answer 2

Jon Bradford's straight pay for the week is $299.88$

Solution:

Given Jon earns $7.84$ per hour.  

He worked 8 hours each on Monday and Tuesday  

Number of hours worked on Wednesday =  6.5 hours

Number of hours worked on Thursday = 8.5 hours

Number of hours worked on Friday = 7.25 hours

The total number of hours per week is $8 +8 + 6.5 + 8.5 + 7.25 = 38.25 \text{ hours }$

$\text { Amount earned per week } = \text {Total hours in a week} \times\text{ Amount paid per hour}$

Amount earned per week = $38.25\times7.84 = \ 299. 88$