SOLUTION: I have 8 workers. 3 of them worked 7.5 hours, 3 of them worked 6.5 hours, 1 worked 7 hours and 1 worked 4.25 hours. the total of the check 551.43. how much of the total check doe

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Question 767860: I have 8 workers. 3 of them worked 7.5 hours, 3 of them worked 6.5 hours, 1 worked 7 hours and 1 worked 4.25 hours. the total of the check 551.43. how much of the total check does each person get based on the hours they worked? I can't figure out the equation to figure this out..help please!
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Presuming all of the workers earned the same hourly wage, then you have to add up all of the hours worked: Three times 7.5 plus three times 6.5 plus 7 plus 4.25. Then divide the total check by the number of hours worked to get the hourly wage per worker. Then it is a simple matter of multiplying the hourly wage times the number of hours each worker worked.

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