Carl hired 4 people to work in his shipping department for a week at 8 hours a day. However, after working only 4 hours on the third day, the work was completed. How many hours of wages does Carl owe to the workers?
Is he paying them for only the hours they worked? Or did he contract to pay them for the entire week?
Carl owes each of them 40 hours of wages.
Carl owe the workers 80hours pay
2 days at 8hours a day is 16 hours
day (3)work only 4 hours
Total hours work 20 "
for 4 workers working 20 hours =20 X 4 =80 hours pay
To find out the number of hours of wages Carl owes to the workers, we need to calculate the total number of hours they worked.
Carl hired 4 people to work for a week, which means a total of 4 people x 7 days = 28 person-days.
Since they worked 8 hours a day, the total number of hours they were supposed to work is 28 person-days x 8 hours/day = 224 hours.
However, after working only 4 hours on the third day, the work was completed. Therefore, we need to subtract 4 hours from the total number of hours they were supposed to work.
So, the total number of hours the workers actually worked is 224 hours - 4 hours = 220 hours.
Carl owes wages for the total hours worked, so he owes the workers wages for 220 hours.