Question

Bill works for the Stuff It Mailing Service. He receives 25 cents for each document he puts together and prepares for

mailing. Last weck, Bill prepared 2.000 documents for mailing for a local department store. He received a check with gross

pay of $474 and is certain the amount is incorrect

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Answer 1

Answer:

(a)Bill's Total piecework pay =$500

(b)Amount owed by his boss=$26

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of documents put together and prepared for mailing by Bill =x

Bill receives 25 Cents=$0.25 for every document

Therefore for x documents, Bill should receive: $0.25x

If Bill prepared 2000 documents for mailing

x=2000

The amount he should receive = $0.25 X 2000 =$500

(a)Bill's Total piecework pay =$500

(b)Amount owed by his boss

=500-474

=$26