Problema Solution
A carpenter earns $11.00 per hour. He worked 3 1/4 hours on Wednesday, 7 1/4 hours on Thursday and 5 2/4 hours on Friday. How much money did he earn for the week?
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the total hours the carpenter worked is:
3 1/4 + 7 1/4 + 5 2/4 = 3 + 7 + 5 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 2/4 = 16 hr
he earns $11.00 per hours thus for 16 hr he will earn 11.00*16 = $176.