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Math Era: help

Liquidsnake

Liquidsnake

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Oct 27, 2017
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If Tim is paid $1.00 for each unit he produces
Last week he made 370 in a 40 hour work week

He worked and extra 5 hours on Saturday at 1.5 his regular rate and produced 80 units

What were tim's Earnings last week for producing 450 units in 45 hours?

A) 450
B) 475
C) 570
D) 490

It's 475 someone please explain, I keep getting 490!
 
Masoyama

Masoyama

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I think its worded weirdly. I understand it to be 490.
 
Yoshimitsu126

Yoshimitsu126

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Nov 11, 2017
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Liquidsnake said:
If Tim is paid $1.00 for each unit he produces
Last week he made 370 in a 40 hour work week

He worked and extra 5 hours on Saturday at 1.5 his regular rate and produced 80 units

What were tim's Earnings last week for producing 450 units in 45 hours?

A) 450
B) 475
C) 570
D) 490

It's 475 someone please explain, I keep getting 490!
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If it wasn't for the 1.5 rate it would have been 450. But since its 1.5 more for the 80 units he gets another $40. Good job tim!
 
rpm

rpm

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Oct 25, 2017
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47.5 hours worked (given by 40 normal + (5 overtime * 1.5) = 47.5 normal paid hours) * an average of 10 units per hour (which is $10 per hour at normal hours rate) = $475?

I dunno. I played with the numbers and that's the only way I could come up with $475, but the answer to the question as it's presented is absolutely $490, 370 + (80 * 1.5) = 490. It feels like they left something out/forgot something
 
Baalzebup

Baalzebup

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Oct 25, 2017
1,713
Yeaaah, either the assignment is missing something or the supposed answer is just plain wrong, cuz the current wording would lead to the answer being 490.

I'd understand it if he had a weekly quota of 400 and actually only got the 1.5 rate after reaching that.
 
Jarsonot

Jarsonot

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Oct 27, 2017
506
Tim's gonna get himself in trouble. He's producing an average of 16 an hour at overtime rates, but only averaging 9.25 an hour during the week. Boss is gonna think he's slacking during the week.
 
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Liquidsnake

Liquidsnake

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ok so the answer was to take 450 and divide it by 45
To give you 10
10 x 40 equals 400
5 x 15 [time and a half of 10] equals 75

400 plus 75 equals 475
 
rpm

rpm

Into the Woods
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Oct 25, 2017
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That's basically the same thing I did above, and that's just straight up wrong

You're computing hourly amounts based on average units per hour, but Tim isn't getting paid by the hour, he's getting paid by units produced, and we know exactly how many units he's producing at both the normal rate and at the overtime rate

Whoever wrote this question wrote it incorrectly by including the specific units produced at each rate, if all you knew was that Tim produced an average of 10 units per hour and that he worked 40 hours at the normal rate and 5 hours at the overtime rate, 475 would be right
 
Z-Beat

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Oct 25, 2017
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What's the point of the hours if he gets paid by the unit? If his usual rate is $1 per unit and he made 370 then that's $370, and if he made an extra 80 at 1.5 times his normal rate that's $120, bringing the total up to $490
 
Z-Beat

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Liquidsnake said:
Ok so the answer was to take 450 and divide it by 45
To give you 10
10 x 40 equals 400
5 x 15 [time and a half of 10] equals 75

400 plus 75 equals 475
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But why? He gets paid by the unit, not the hour. What madness is this?! How the hell did Tim produce almost 1/4 his usual output in 1/8 the time?!

I don't have time for your bullshit, Tim.
 
rpm

rpm

Into the Woods
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Oct 25, 2017
12,356
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Here's a better question: Tim's paycheck is less than expected because his pay was calculated incorrectly. Is this wage theft?

Answer: Yes, Tim should report this to his jurisdiction's Department of Labor or equivalent
 

Z1r2y3

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Oct 28, 2017
287
rpm said:
Here's a better question: Tim's paycheck is less than expected because his pay was calculated incorrectly. Is this wage theft?

Answer: Yes, Tim should report this to his jurisdiction's Department of Labor or equivalent
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He should be thankful he even has a job imo
 
The Kidd

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Oct 27, 2017
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There is absolutely no reason for there to even be mention of hrs. He gets paid by unit, and the question gives the $ amount for the week, and the amount of units and overtime pay for the weekend.

Maybe it asked how much he averaged per hour that week, but as it is now it has no bearing on the question.

Answer is not 475 it's 490, whoever wrote it is wrong and their reasoning For their answer is wrong.
 
Verelios

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Oct 26, 2017
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Liquidsnake said:
Ok so the answer was to take 450 and divide it by 45
To give you 10
10 x 40 equals 400
5 x 15 [time and a half of 10] equals 75

400 plus 75 equals 475
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This makes no sense. I got $490 because he's being paid by the unit, not hour, so you can't neatly divide his wage by how many hours he worked.
 
Masoyama

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Liquidsnake said:
Ok so the answer was to take 450 and divide it by 45
To give you 10
10 x 40 equals 400
5 x 15 [time and a half of 10] equals 75

400 plus 75 equals 475
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Wow, the logic in this line of reasoning is so stupid. Whoever wrote this has no sense of how math actually works.
 
Ghostmate

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Dec 11, 2017
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If I understood this correctly, is the gist of your math question OP:

Liquidsnake said:
If Tim is paid $1.00 for each unit he produces
Last week he made 370 in a 40 hour work week

He worked and extra 5 hours on Saturday at 1.5 his regular rate and produced 80 units

What is the current situation at home with Tim?

A) 475
B) 490
C) 🍑
D) unhappy
E) one of the above
F) choose 'B' to answer correctly
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Cyberclops

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Mar 15, 2019
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I'm guessing that Tim's workplace doesn't want him taking it easy during his regular hours and work too hard during his extra hours.

They decided that they would calculate his whole pay over the week by assuming that he effectively worked 47.5 hours.

450 units in 45 hours gets Tim $450 so increasing the hours to 47.5 hours results in a similar increase in pay to $475.

This question is dumb and I have nothing better to do at work.
 
Cyberclops

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Clearly 1/9 of Tim's hours were over time so 1/9 of his units should be multiplied by 1.5

(450*8/9)+(450*1/9)*1.5=475
 
Septimus Prime

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Oct 25, 2017
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Why are they even tracking his hours when they aren't paying him for his time? What the fuck kind of contract is this?
 
The Kidd

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Cyberclops said:
Clearly 1/9 of Tim's hours were over time so 1/9 of his units should be multiplied by 1.5

(450*8/9)+(450*1/9)*1.5=475
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This is totally what they're looking for. It's distinctly different from what they told the employee they're payIng them, and is basically lying, but this is the exact logic of the person who wrote the problem.
 
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