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At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1?

A. $0.50 B.$1.00
C. $1.25 D.$1.50
E. $1.75 [Reveal] Spoiler: OA Manager Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 227 Schools: Booth, Stern, Haas Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 54 [0], given: 2 Re: equation [#permalink] ### Show Tags 19 Jan 2008, 09:34 marcodonzelli wrote: I know it's incredible but my answer is wrong: At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1? A.$0.50
B. $1.00 C.$1.25
D. $1.50 E.$1.75

I:
s=5
p=9.50+0.25(5-1)=10.50
II:
s=1
p=9.50+0.25(1-1)=9.50
10.50-9.50=1

B
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19 Jan 2008, 09:37
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marcodonzelli wrote:
I know it's incredible but my answer is wrong:

At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1?

A. $0.50 B.$1.00
C. $1.25 D.$1.50
E. $1.75 I: s=5 p=9.50+0.25(5-1)=10.50 II: s=1 p=9.50+0.25(1-1)=9.50 10.50-9.50=1 B OA is wrong...i find oyur conclusion.. Director Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 629 Followers: 5 Kudos [?]: 170 [0], given: 1 Re: equation [#permalink] ### Show Tags 19 Jan 2008, 09:42 OA is definitely wrong. The answer should be B. Intern Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 0 [0], given: 0 Re: equation [#permalink] ### Show Tags 21 Jan 2008, 17:47 of course it is b. you can use a short cut. just take the second part of the equation. no need to add to 9.5. good luck Manager Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 143 Followers: 3 Kudos [?]: 597 [0], given: 15 Where is the trap? [#permalink] ### Show Tags 08 Sep 2010, 11:23 My answer is coming is B...but OA is diff. I am missing something...what is it? At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1? A.$0.50
B. $1.00 C.$1.25
D. $1.50 E.$1.75
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08 Sep 2010, 11:50
salary of grade 5 ==> p=9.50 + 0.25(5 – 1) 9.50+.25*4=10.50
salary of grade 1 ==> p=9.50 + 0.25(1 – 1) 9.50
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08 Sep 2010, 11:53
the question looks simple hmm.. dont really see any weird wordings in there. maybe typo?
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08 Sep 2010, 11:54
udaymathapati wrote:
My answer is coming is B...but OA is diff. I am missing something...what is it?

At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s that is at least 1 and at most 5. Each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1). An employee with a salary grade of 5 receives how many more dollars per hour than an employee with a salary grade of 1?
A. $0.50 B.$1.00
C. $1.25 D.$1.50
E. \$1.75

Solution provided by sandeep800 above is correct - answer is B. OA must be wrong.
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29 Sep 2010, 19:51
Thanks guy, I pick B as well, but the OA is C for some reason.
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29 Sep 2010, 20:38
It can't be C, answer is 1.0

$$\Delta p = \Delta s * 0.25 = 4*0.25$$
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01 Oct 2010, 07:18
OA is incorrect,, What is the source of question.. Pls confinrm
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