Question

Jared earns 0.25 vacation days for every week that he works in a calendar year. he also gets 10 paid holidays per year. use uit analysis to represent the amount of paid time off jared gets in a year after working for w weeks, and identify the units for the expression.

Answer 1

I think the technique meant here was unit analysis. This is when you manipulate units so as to get to the unit of the final answer that you're looking for. For this, problem the final answer should be in terms of monetary units, say in dollars. Assuming there are 4 weeks in a year, the equation would be:

Amount = 0.25w + 10(4w)
Amount = 0.25w + 40w
Amount = 40.25w

Answer 2

Answer: Amount paid : 0.25w+10

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to analyze the information given:

Jared earns 0.25 vacation days for every week that he works

So, the variable is the number of weeks (w) and is multiplied by 0.25.

Mathematically speaking:

Amount paid: 0.25w

He also gets 10 paid holidays per year.

So, as an independent factor, we have 10 paid holidays per year.

Amount paid : 0.25w+10