Answer:
The 30-minute meeting of eight mechanics being paid $16 an hour, costed the garage $64!
Step-by-step explanation:
First, identify what you know:
1) A single mechanic is paid $16 an hour.
2) Eight mechanics, being paid $16 an hour, met.
3) The meeting lasted 30 minutes, or half an hour.
If a mechanic makes $16 dollars in one hour (60 min), how much would they make in half an hour? Since they worked for half an hour, they'd make half an hour wage!
$16/2 = $8
So, now if each of the eight mechanics were paid $8 for the half hour meeting, how much would it cost the garage?
$8 x 8 = $64
The garage would have had to pay $64 in total to the mechanics for their 30 minute meeting.
