Ok here is my answer.. 23,334.79 oh oops gotta make it per hour... lets see..

I got 18.34 an hour.

 

The hard part is organizing the given data. That is the key.

The only part that requires anything more than a 5th grade education and a calculator is determining how many days of the specified time span you actually work in a manner that "helps customers" which isn't stated too clearly.




That's why I sound like a jack ass. I don't use those probability functions too often anymore but I'm helping a friend out in his micro theory class. Now those will make you hate math (actually easy to use once you do it a couple times)..

 

 

Holy shit that's funny

 

Perhaps we should ask your Mom?

 

Sounds like the company is trying to set you up for a low-ball offer. Unless there was a good reason to work there, I would have left at that question rather than work for someone with that attitude towards their employees. Or then again, maybe it actually applies to the position you wanted.

 

ANSWER....



for those that got it right!

Total cost is (32000 * (1 + (.32 + .08))) + 3536 =
(32000 * 1.4) + 3536 = $48,336
Total hours available = 12 mo - 4 mo - 17 days = 8 mo - 17 days
= (8 mo * 176 hrs/mo) - (17 days * 8 hrs/day)
= 1408 hrs - 136 hrs = 1272 hrs.
Cost per hour = $48,336 / 1272 =$38.00

 

I knew that.

See?