Fin. Alg. Ch. 6 Test Part 2

Jill works for the Hatch Patch picking strawberries and gets paid at a piecework rate of 45 cents per container for the first 250 containers picked. She receives 65 cents per container for every container over 250 that she picks. Last week, Jill picked 400 containers of strawberries. How much did she earn?

Ivy’s employer offers a sliding paid vacation. When she started work, she was given five paid days of vacation. For each year she stays at the job, her vacation is increased by 1.5 day. Let x represent the number of years worked and y represent the total number of vacation days. Write an equation that models the relationship between these variables.

Ivy’s employer offers a sliding paid vacation. When she started work, she was given five paid days of vacation. For each year she stays at the job, her vacation is increased by 1.5 days. How much vacation time will Ivy have after working for this employer for 6.5 years?

Martha’s employee benefits include family health care coverage. She contributes 15% of the cost. Martha gets paid biweekly and $135.00 is taken out of each paycheck for family health care coverage. How much does she contribute annually for the family coverage?

Martha’s employee benefits include family health care coverage. She contributes 15% of the cost. Martha gets paid biweekly and $135.00 is taken out of each paycheck for family health care coverage. What is the total annual cost for the family coverage?

Martha’s employee benefits include family health care coverage. She contributes 15% of the cost. Martha gets paid biweekly and $135.00 is taken out of each paycheck for family health care coverage. How much does her employer contribute annually for the family coverage?

Lexi works at Glamour magazine. Her employer offers her a pension. Lexi’s employer uses a formula to calculate the pension. Retiring employees receive 1.5% of their average salary over the last four years of employment for every year worked. Lexi is planning on retiring at the end of this year after 25 years of employment. Her salaries for the last four years are $65,000; $67,500; $71,500; and $76,000. Calculate Lexi’s annual pension.

In Ben’s state, the weekly unemployment compensation is 53% of the 26-week average for the two highest-salaried quarters. A quarter is three consecutive months. For January, February, and March, Ben earned a total of $18,400. In April, May, and June, he earned a total of $19,800. Determine Ben’s weekly unemployment compensation.

Dr. Drumman got his first job in 1990. In that year, the government took out 7.45% of a person’s income for Social Security and Medicare, until a person made $51,300. If Dr. Drumman earned $71,000 in 1990, how much did he pay to Social Security and Medicare?

In 1978, the Social Security and Medicare rate combined was 6.05%, up to $17,700 earned. Ten years later, the percent had increased to 7.51% and the maximum taxable income had increased to $45,000.

If a person earned $50,000 in 1978, and $50,000 in 1988, what was the difference in the amount they paid for Social Security and Medicare taxes combined?