At a particular job, workers' wages are linear and based on years of experience. You ask two workers what their experience and wages are to determine the wage formula. One worker earns $16.60 per hour with 3 years of experience. The other worker has 5 years of experience and earns $21.00 per hour. a) What is a worker's starting wage at this job? $ per hour b) What wage can be expected after 7 years of experience? $ per hour c) After approximately how many years (rounded to one decimal place) will a worker earn $20 per hour? years
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We can do this by subtracting the wage of the worker with less experience from the wage of the worker with more experience, and then dividing by the difference in their years of experience. So, the rate of wage increase per year is: ($21.00 - $16.60) / (5 years Show more…
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