Question

Maria took home a net pay of $1,200 on her paycheck this week. She worked 60 hours during this specific pay period and had deductions that totaled $300, what is her hourly rate of pay?

Answer 1

Answer:

$25 per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Net pay= $1200

Deductions= $300

Hours worked= 60

Total pay=$1200+ $300= $1500.

Since her net pay is the money left after deductions, so we add the netpay and deductions to get her total pay.

Therefore, to find her hourly pay, we simply divide the total pay by the hours worked,so we have 1500/60= $25/hour

Answer 2

Answer:

$25 per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the question, Maria took home a net pay of $1,200 on her paycheck this week.She worked 60 hours during this specific pay period and had deductions that totaled $300.

And we are now told to find the hourly rate of her payment.

If Maria works 60 hours a week and her paycheck us $1200 + the amount deducted by her for various reasons(maybe for groceries,clothing medicines,transport and so on),which is $300.

This therefore sums up to $1500 dollars earned after working for 60 hours during the week.

Now to find the hourly rate of her payment,all we have to do is to divide the total sum of her payment(including the deduction she made) by the number of hours she worked over the week

$[1200 + $300]/60

= $1500 ÷ 60

= $25 per hour