Financial literacy

Question

Julian earns $14.50 per hours .His company deducts 23% of his pay each week for taxes . Julian uses the expression 0.77 (24.50 h) to compute his earnings after taxes for the hours h he works . What will be his earnings after taxes , if he works 40 hours ?

Answer 1

If Julian earns $14.50 per hour as you stated, then his earnings will be:

Earnings = 0.77($14.50 h)

To compute the earnings when h = 40, just plug in 40 for h:

Earnings = 0.77($14.50 x 40) = ____?