Solve the problem.
-Jennifer Jones is an employee of Acme Manufacturing Company. She has an 8-hr workday and each day is paid $0.75 for each unit produced or the hourly rate, whichever is greater. Her hourly
Rate is $8.40 per hour. Last week she produced 93 units on Monday, 107 units on Tuesday, 80 units
On Wednesday, 86 units on Thursday, and 103 units on Friday. What were her gross earnings for
The week?

Question

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To calculate Jennifer's gross earnings for the week, we need to first find the total number of units she produced.

Total units = 93 + 107 + 80 + 86 + 103 = 469

Next, we need to find out how much of her pay is based on the hourly rate and how much is based on the per-unit rate. To do this, we can find out what her pay would be if it were based solely on the hourly rate, and then compare that to what she earned based on the per-unit rate.

Hourly rate earnings = 8 hours/day x $8.40/hour x 5 days/week = $336

Per-unit rate earnings = 469 units x $0.75/unit = $351.75

Since the per-unit rate earnings are higher than the hourly rate earnings, Jennifer will be paid $351.75 for the week.

Therefore, the correct answer is choice C, $361.65. To calculate Jennifer's gross earnings for the week, we need to find out how many units she produced in total for the week and how much she earned for those units.

Total units produced = 93 + 107 + 80 + 86 + 103 = 469 units

Now we need to find out how much Jennifer earned for these units. Since she is paid $0.75 for each unit produced or her hourly rate, whichever is greater, we need to calculate her earnings for each day separately.

On Monday, Jennifer produced 93 units and earned $0.75 per unit, so her earnings for the day = 93 * $0.75 = $69.75. Since this is greater than her hourly rate for 8 hours of work (8 * $8.40 = $67.20), Jennifer will be paid $69.75 for Monday.

Similarly, we can calculate her earnings for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:

- Tuesday: 107 * $0.75 = $80.25 (greater than hourly rate, so she earns $80.25) 
- Wednesday: 80 * $0.75 = $60 (less than hourly rate, so she earns $67.20) 
- Thursday: 86 * $0.75 = $64.50 (less than hourly rate, so she earns $67.20) 
- Friday: 103 * $0.75 = $77.25 (greater than hourly rate, so she earns $77.25)

Now we can add up her earnings for the week:

Monday: $69.75 
Tuesday: $80.25 
Wednesday: $67.20 
Thursday: $67.20 
Friday: $77.25

Total earnings for the week = $69.75 + $80.25 + $67.20 + $67.20 + $77.25 = $361.65

Therefore, the best choice is (C) $361.65.

Solve the Problem. -Jennifer Jones Is an Employee of Acme Manufacturing Company. She