An employee earns $200 for 14 hours work. Assuming he is paid by the hour, how much will this employee earn in 35 hours?
the answer is $500
$500
200/14=x/35
14.28*35=x
x=499.8, but can be rounded to 500.
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Its $500
Hello.
So, the employee earns $200 for 14 hours work and we want to find how much money he/she will earn for 70 hours of work. So, basically you want to divided 70/14 and you will get 5. Then, you want to multiply 5 x 200 and you will get $1000!
So, to summarize, the employee will get $1000 for 70 hours of work.