SOLUTION: A furniture salesperson is normally paid $160 for a 40 hour week. During the week of the sale, his hourly pay was increased 25 percent and he was allowed to work 60 hours. How mu

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Question 66556This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics
: A furniture salesperson is normally paid $160 for a 40 hour week. During the week of the sale, his hourly pay was increased 25 percent and he was allowed to work 60 hours. How much did he make during the week of sale?This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics

Answer by rcmcc(152) About Me  (Show Source):
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To solve this question you must first find the amount he makes in an hour
$160/40h=$4.00/h
if it was increased by 25%, take his wage (100%) add 25% to the value. because percents are decimals, 100% can be written as 1.0 and 25% can be written as .25
to find the new value multiply $4 by 1.25 (125%)
4x1.25 =$5/h
now multiply it by the amount of hours he will spend working (60)
5x60=$300/week