Question

Joel is a service assistant at a supermarket. He is 19 years old.

What is Joel’s weekly pay?

Answer 1

$452.72

Explanation:

Joel is 19 and according to the chart he makes 80% of what an adult over 21 makes

$565.90 * 80% = $452.72

Answer 2

The weekly pay of Joel is
`\bold452.72\\bold`

Solution:

Given,

The normal weekly pay for an adult of age 21 and above is
`\bold565.90\\bold`

Joel, the service assistant is 19 years old so, he comes into the junior category.

given that the wage rate of a junior employee is based on the specified percentage of the adult rate.

The percentage for 19 and under 20 years is 80.

`80\%` can be written as
`(80)/(100)`

Therefore, the weekly wage of Joel is
`80\% of 565.90\`

`(80)/(100) * 565.90`

`wage=(45272)/(100) = 452.72\`

So, the weekly wage for employees of 19 and under 29 years is
`452.72\`