Marina is payed $28 per hour and works 7 hours per day. She receives one paid off for each 14 days that she works. What is her true hourly wage?
for every 14 days that she works, she gets paid for 15
so "her true hourly wage" is ... $28 * (15 / 14)
she works 13 days for 14 times her daily pay.
so she gets 14/13 * 28 = $30.15/hr for actual hours worked
i need help on this one
oops. Nice catch, R_scott.
To find Marina's true hourly wage, we need to consider the additional paid time off she receives for every 14 days of work.
First, let's calculate how many paid days off she receives in total. We know that Marina works 7 hours per day, so each paid day off is worth 7 hours. Since she receives one paid day off for every 14 days worked, we can divide the number of days she worked by 14:
Total paid days off = Number of days worked / 14
Next, we need to calculate her total earnings. Marina is paid $28 per hour, and she works 7 hours per day. So her daily earnings can be calculated as:
Daily earnings = Hourly rate * Hours worked per day
= $28/hour * 7 hours
Now, to calculate her true hourly wage, we will divide her total earnings (excluding paid days off) by the total number of hours worked:
True hourly wage = Total earnings / (Number of days worked * Hours worked per day)
Total earnings = Daily earnings * (Number of days worked - Total paid days off)
Substituting the values we found into the equation:
True hourly wage = [Daily earnings * (Number of days worked - Total paid days off)] / (Number of days worked * Hours worked per day)
So, to find Marina's true hourly wage, you need to know the number of days she has worked and the total number of hours worked.