Calculate Hourly Wage: $6000 Salary ÷ 150 Hours Problem

Question

Tatiana worked 150 hours in April and received a salary of $6000.

What is Tatiana's hourly wage?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 What is Tal's hourly wage?
00:03 Number of hours Tal worked according to the data
00:06 Tal's monthly salary according to the data
00:09 Let's mark Tal's hourly wage with X
00:12 Hourly wage multiplied by number of hours equals Tal's received salary
00:15 Let's isolate the unknown X
00:19 Let's reduce what we can
00:27 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

  • Step 1: Identify the formula for calculating the hourly wage.
  • Step 2: Substitute the given values into this formula.
  • Step 3: Perform the division to find the hourly wage.

Let's work through these steps in detail:
Step 1: The formula we will use is: Hourly Wage=Total SalaryTotal Hours Worked \text{Hourly Wage} = \frac{\text{Total Salary}}{\text{Total Hours Worked}}

Step 2: We substitute Tatiana's total salary and total hours worked into this formula: Hourly Wage=6000150 \text{Hourly Wage} = \frac{6000}{150}

Step 3: Calculate the division to determine the hourly wage: Hourly Wage=40 \text{Hourly Wage} = 40

Therefore, Tatiana's hourly wage is \40\).

Upon reviewing the multiple-choice answers, the correct choice is option 1, which states the hourly wage is 40.

Answer

40

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