Question

If an employer reduces the working week from 40 hours to 35 hours, with no

loss of weedy pay, calculate the percentage increase in the hourly rate of pay.

Answer 1

14.285714285714 %

Explanation:

suppose the weekly payment is of x dollars

Then

Previous payment : $(x/40) per hour

New payment : $(x/35) per hour

Then

The percentage increase in the hourly rate of pay is :

`=((x)/(35) -(x)/(40) )/((x)/(40) ) *100`

`=((5x)/(1400) )/((x)/(40) ) *100`

`=(5x)/(1400) * (40)/(x) *100`

`=(200)/(1400) *100`

`=(1)/(7) *100`

`=14.285714285714`