To determine the hourly wage needed to meet the family's basic needs, we need to divide the monthly budget by the number of hours worked in a month.
Let's suppose the monthly budget for basic needs is $2,000 (rounding to the nearest hundred).
Assuming a full-time job involves 40 hours per week, and an average work month consists of 4 weeks, the total number of hours worked in a month is:
40 hours/week * 4 weeks = 160 hours
Dividing the monthly budget by the total hours worked in a month gives us the required hourly wage:
$2,000 / 160 hours = $12.50 per hour.
Therefore, a full-time hourly wage of at least $12.50 is required to meet the basic needs of the 2-child family working on dirt in Fort Worth, Texas.
The table shows a monthly basic need budget for a 2 child family with one working on dirt in Fort Worth Texas. Determine what hourly wage working full-time is required to meet. The family's basic needs round to the nearest hundred
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