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# At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s tha

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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: 223 Schools: Booth, Stern, Haas Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 58 [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: 625 Followers: 5 Kudos [?]: 184 [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: 144 Followers: 3 Kudos [?]: 737 [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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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. _________________ Manager Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 218 Followers: 4 Kudos [?]: 128 [0], given: 11 Re: equation [#permalink] ### Show Tags 29 Sep 2010, 19:51 Thanks guy, I pick B as well, but the OA is C for some reason. Retired Moderator Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 803 Location: London Followers: 110 Kudos [?]: 1020 [0], given: 25 Re: equation [#permalink] ### Show Tags 29 Sep 2010, 20:38 It can't be C, answer is 1.0 $$\Delta p = \Delta s * 0.25 = 4*0.25$$ _________________ Manager Joined: 20 Apr 2010 Posts: 210 Schools: ISB, HEC, Said Followers: 4 Kudos [?]: 83 [0], given: 28 Re: Where is the trap? [#permalink] ### Show Tags 01 Oct 2010, 07:18 OA is incorrect,, What is the source of question.. Pls confinrm GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 15377 Followers: 648 Kudos [?]: 204 [0], given: 0 Re: At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s tha [#permalink] ### Show Tags 15 Nov 2016, 04:21 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos). Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email. _________________ Math Forum Moderator Status: QA & VA Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Jun 2011 Posts: 2664 Location: India GPA: 3.5 WE: Business Development (Commercial Banking) Followers: 108 Kudos [?]: 853 [0], given: 324 Re: At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s tha [#permalink] ### Show Tags 15 Nov 2016, 09:46 marcodonzelli wrote: 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

$$p_5 = 9.50 + 0.25(5 – 1) => 10.50 p_1 = 9.50 + 0.25(1 – 1) => 9.50$$

So, $$p_5 - p_1 = 1$$

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B. $1.00 C.$1.25
D. $1.50 E.$1.75

We are given that each employee receives an hourly wage p, in dollars, determined by the formula p = 9.50 + 0.25(s – 1), in which s = the salary grade. We need to determine how many more dollars per hour an employee with a salary grade of 5 receives than does an employee with a salary grade of 1. Thus:

9.50 + 0.25(5 – 1) - [9.50 + 0.25(1 – 1)]

9.50 + 0.25(4) - [9.50 + 0.25(0)]

9.50 + 0.25(4) - 9.50

0.25 x 4 = $1.00 Answer: B _________________ Scott Woodbury-Stewart Founder and CEO GMAT Quant Self-Study Course 500+ lessons 3000+ practice problems 800+ HD solutions Senior Manager Joined: 25 Mar 2013 Posts: 276 Location: United States Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Marketing GPA: 3.5 Followers: 3 Kudos [?]: 29 [0], given: 101 Re: At a certain company, each employee has a salary grade s tha [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Feb 2017, 16:33 How many more dollars = ? for grade 5 than grade 1 ? Just substitute in equation S = Grade 1 to Grade 5 P = 9.50$ + 0.25$(S-1) P = 9.50$ + 0.25(5-1) = 10.50$P = 9.50$ + 0.25(1-1) = 9.50$Difference 1$
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