Question

One employee earns a weekly salary of $428, and another works hourly, earning $15 per hour. How many hours does the hourly employee need to work to make the same weekly earnings as the salaried employee? (1 point) Responses about 25 hours about 25 hours about 28.5 hours about 28.5 hours about 32 hours about 32 hours about 35.5 hours

Answer 1

To find out how many hours the hourly employee needs to work to earn the same amount as the salaried employee, we can use the following formula:

\[
\text{Weekly Earnings} = \text{Hourly Rate} \times \text{Hours Worked}
\]

Here, the salaried employee earns $428 per week, and the hourly employee earns $15 per hour. We need to find the number of hours (let's call it \( H \)) that the hourly employee needs to work to make $428.

Set up the equation:

\[
15H = 428
\]

Now, solve for \( H \):

\[
H = \frac{428}{15}
\]

Calculating that gives:

\[
H \approx 28.53
\]

Therefore, the hourly employee needs to work approximately \( 28.5 \) hours to make the same weekly earnings as the salaried employee.

So the correct answer is **about 28.5 hours**.