
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540 Exercise 97
RECYCLING Earth Plus pays workers $.48 per container for sorting recyclable materials. Find the daily gross earnings for each worker. (See Example.)
EXAMPLE
Finding Gross Earnings for Piecework
Stacy Arrington is paid $.73 for sewing a jacket collar, $.86 for a sleeve with cuffs, and $.94 for a lapel. One week she sewed 318 jacket collars, 112 sleeves with cuffs, and 37 lapels. Find her gross earnings.
SOLUTION
Multiply the rate per item by the number of that type of item.
Find the gross earnings by adding the three totals from the table.
$232.14 + $96.32 + $34.78 = $363.24

Finding Gross Earnings for Piecework
Stacy Arrington is paid $.73 for sewing a jacket collar, $.86 for a sleeve with cuffs, and $.94 for a lapel. One week she sewed 318 jacket collars, 112 sleeves with cuffs, and 37 lapels. Find her gross earnings.
SOLUTION
Multiply the rate per item by the number of that type of item.

$232.14 + $96.32 + $34.78 = $363.24
Explanation
The employees for Earth Plus are paid in...
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