Kai had a gross weekly paycheck of $616 last week. Kai worked 6 hours for 4 of the days and 8 hours on 1 day. What is Kai's hourly rate of pay? a. $16. 21 b. $19. 25 c. $20. 53 d. $25. 67 Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D.

Respuesta :

Kai's hourly rate of pay is $19.25/hour.

Given to us

  • Kai had a gross weekly paycheck of $616 last week.
  • Kai worked 6 hours for 4 of the days, and
  • Kai worked 8 hours in 1 day

Total work time of Kai

From Statement 2,

Kai worked 6 hours for 4 of the days, and

[tex]\begin{aligned}Time_2 &= 6\ hours \times 4\ days\\&= 6 \times 4\\&= 24\ hours \end{lignes}[/tex]

From Statement 3,

Kai worked 8 hours in 1 day

[tex]\begin{aligned}Time_3 &= 8\ hours \times 1\ days\\&= 8 \times 1\\&= 8\ hours \end{lignes}[/tex]

[tex]\rm{Total\ work\ time\ of\ Kai = Time_2 +Time_3[/tex]

                           [tex]= 24\ hours+8\ hours\\= 32\ hours[/tex]          

Kai's hourly rate of pay

[tex]\rm{Kai's\ hourly\ rate\ of\ pay =\dfrac{weekly\ paycheck\ of\ Kai}{Total\ work\ time \of\ Kai}[/tex]

                                      [tex]=\dfrac{\$616}{32\ hours}\\\\= \$19.25/hour[/tex]

Hence, Kai's hourly rate of pay is $19.25/hour.

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