How much should each employee get?

Question

I have $5,504.00 dollars. I have 5 full time employees and 8 part time employees. The part time employees get half of what the full time employees get. How much should each employee get?

Answer 1

P = Part time

Full time = 2P

 

$5,504.00 = 5(2P)+8P

5504=10P+8P

5504=18P

P=$305.78

F=2P=$611.56

 

Check 5(611.56)+8(305.78)=5504.04

 

This was a weird problem, because the numbers didn't end up exact.  If this were a real world situation, I would probably pay the full time employees $600 and the part time $300, for a total of $5400, and pocket the extra $104, ;) .