She is paid an hourly rate plus 10% commission on everything she sells
Total amount she get = Hourly rate + 10% on sale price of the objects
One week she was paid $381.25 for working 15 hours and selling $1,225 worth of books.
Let the hourly wages is x
She paid $381.25 for working 15 hours
for hourly rate divide the amount by number of hours :
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ Hourly Rate=}\frac{381.25}{15} \\ \text{ Hourly rate=25.416} \end{gathered}[/tex]The hourly rate is $25.416
Answer : The hourly rate is $25.416
