A worker in a steel manufacturing company earns $579 a day. How much will the company need to pay each day for 245 workers employed with them if they work for 260 days in the year? 10. Tom earns $512 an hour cleaning houses, but doesn't work on Saturday or Sunday. If he works from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, how much money will he make?
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Now, let's calculate how much Tom earns: Tom earns $512 an hour and works from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, which is 5 hours a day. Daily earnings for Tom = 5 hours * $512 = $2,560 Tom doesn't work on Saturday or Sunday, so he works 5 days a week. Weekly earnings for Show more…
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