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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:41 pm
The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87.5 cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increases for a 40-hour week?
A) 12.00$
B) 23.00$
C) 34.80$
D) 35.00$
E) 35.20$

[spoiler]i find the answer is A 12$ for the minimum and D for the maximun but the answer in the website said its D for the minimum and i am not convinced with the answer. any helps please???[/spoiler]
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by anshumishra » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:47 pm
diebeatsthegmat wrote:The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87.5 cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increases for a 40-hour week?
A) 12.00$
B) 23.00$
C) 34.80$
D) 35.00$
E) 35.20$

[spoiler]i find the answer is A 12$ for the minimum and D for the maximun but the answer in the website said its D for the minimum and i am not convinced with the answer. any helps please???[/spoiler]
You are right. The answer should be 12 $ (0.3 * 40).
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by pesfunk » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:44 am
Answer is definitely A. Whatz the Source of this question ?
diebeatsthegmat wrote:The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87.5 cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increases for a 40-hour week?
A) 12.00$
B) 23.00$
C) 34.80$
D) 35.00$
E) 35.20$

[spoiler]i find the answer is A 12$ for the minimum and D for the maximun but the answer in the website said its D for the minimum and i am not convinced with the answer. any helps please???[/spoiler]
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by Tani » Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:03 pm
agree - $35 would be the maximum
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