Solved on Nov 19, 2023

Bill earns $0.25 per document mailed. He prepared 2,000 documents last week. What is his correct pay, and how much does his boss owe him?

STEP 1

Assumptions1. Bill earns25 cents for each document he prepares for mailing. . Last week, Bill prepared,000 documents.
3. The gross pay he received was $474.

STEP 2

First, we need to calculate the correct total piecework pay for Bill. This can be done by multiplying the number of documents he prepared by the amount he earns per document.
Totalpieceworkpay=NumberofdocumentstimesPayperdocumentTotal\, piecework\, pay = Number\, of\, documents \\times Pay\, per\, document

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the number of documents and pay per document to calculate the total piecework pay.
Totalpieceworkpay=2,000times$0.25Total\, piecework\, pay =2,000 \\times \$0.25

STEP 4

Calculate the total piecework pay.
Totalpieceworkpay=2,000times$0.25=$500Total\, piecework\, pay =2,000 \\times \$0.25 = \$500

STEP 5

Now that we have the correct total piecework pay, we can calculate how much Bill's boss owes him. This can be done by subtracting the gross pay he received from the correct total piecework pay.
Amountowed=TotalpieceworkpayGrosspayAmount\, owed = Total\, piecework\, pay - Gross\, pay

STEP 6

Plug in the values for the total piecework pay and the gross pay to calculate the amount owed.
Amountowed=$500$474Amount\, owed = \$500 - \$474

STEP 7

Calculate the amount owed to Bill.
Amountowed=$500$474=$26Amount\, owed = \$500 - \$474 = \$26a. Bill's correct total piecework pay is 500.b.Billsbossoweshim500. b. Bill's boss owes him 26.

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