Answer:
8 weeks is the right APEX ANSWER
 
        
             
        
        
        
Just mult. this monthly pay by 12 to obtain the annual salary:
12($1484.25) = $17775 per year (answer)
        
             
        
        
        
3.5*(-3)///////3.5*(-3)//////all of this parts same
        
             
        
        
        
Increase.
1/4 can be translated to 25%
1/2 can be translated to 50%
25% to 50% is an increase.