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by mjjking » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:24 am
The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

(A) $12.00
(B) $23.00
(C) $34.80
(D) $35.00
(E) $35.20

OA is D
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by moutar » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:55 am
I don't really understand your answer. If the minimum wage rise is 30 cents per hour, on a 40 hour week the minimum wage rise would be $12 which is answer A. Am I missing something here?
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by schowdhary » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:01 pm
mjjking wrote:The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

(A) $12.00
(B) $23.00
(C) $34.80
(D) $35.00
(E) $35.20

OA is D
IMO also it should A. May be ,we are missing something... :D
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by mjjking » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:46 pm
Guys, any help? I thought it was A as well... but OA is D? This is an official GMAT paper test... :( So I doubt the OA be wrong!!
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by kanha81 » Fri May 01, 2009 12:37 pm
mjjking wrote:The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

(A) $12.00
(B) $23.00
(C) $34.80
(D) $35.00
(E) $35.20

OA is D
Any idea why the OA is [spoiler][D][/spoiler]?? As mjjking said, it is from paper tests and I too got this answer wrong. Any suggestions, ideas?
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by awesomeusername » Fri May 01, 2009 2:04 pm
Must be a typo...

The max wage increase for 40 hours is $34.80. The min is $12.00 Thus the answer could not be (D) or (E)...
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by ousek » Sat May 16, 2009 9:26 am
IMO : Answer A:12$

I really doubt that the minimum increase is 35€.... as it seems to be the maximum.

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by bigfernhead » Wed May 20, 2009 3:49 pm
Actually, on my paper test, it said the MAXIMUM wage increase, and the answer is D.
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by Jeff@TargetTestPrep » Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:19 am
mjjking wrote:The employees of Smith Enterprises received wage increases ranging from 30 cents to 87cents per hour. What was the minimum wage increase for a 40-hour week?

(A) $12.00
(B) $23.00
(C) $34.80
(D) $35.00
(E) $35.20
The maximum wage increase was $0.875 x 40 = $35.

Answer: D

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