Question

You make $605.75 a week. If you work 41 hours, find your hourly rate of pay.

Answer 1

Given the following question:

$605.75 dollars in a week

You worked 41 hours throughout that week

You worked 41 hours and made $605.75 in a week, find the hourly rate.

$\begin{gathered} 605.75\div41=14.7743902 \\ 14.7743902 \\ 4\text{ > 5} \\ 14.77 \end{gathered}$

You can recheck your work by:

$14.77\times41=605.57=605.75$

Every hour you earn $14.77