Question

An apprentice productively working a 40-hour week earns more wages and is worth considerably more to the local union and the industry than one who works only 30 hours per week. Consider two apprentices, A and B, working the same job at the same scale. Apprentice A works 40 hours and is paid $160.00 from which $4.80 is paid to the local union. Apprentice B only works 30 hours. How much will the local union receive in dues for the 30 hours work?

Answer 1

$3.60

You can get this by determining that the rate of which they are paid is $4 an hour (divide the total by the amount of hours). Then you can find the rate of which they collect dues by dividing the amount they paid by their total (3%).

Using those numbers you can find the total amount the second person paid.