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Question 113186: I have a story problem and I was wondering if anyone could help me out.
An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y=0.85x +8( in dollars). I need to find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 10 units per hour.
how would I go about doing this problem?
Thank you very much.
Tracy
Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given an hourly wage (call the hourly wage y) formula:
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y=0.85x +8
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where x represents the number of units produced in an hour.
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You can tell by looking at the right side of this equation that each hour the employee makes
8 dollars plus an additional $0.85 (or 85 cents) for each unit he or she produces.
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All you need to do is to multiply the number of units the employee produces in an hour by
0.85 and add 8 dollars to that amount to get the hourly wage.
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In this case, substitute the 10 units per hour for x in the given equation and you get:
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y = 0.85(10) + 8
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Do the multiplication on the right side and the equation becomes:
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y = 8.50 + 8
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Add the two terms on the right side and end up with:
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y = 16.50
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This tells you that an employee who produces 10 units per hour makes an hourly wage of $16.50
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.
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