Practice #12 Answers

A large university employs 275 work study students. The 150 men that are employed take home a total of $6,000 per week, and the 125 women earn $5,625 per week. Who, on the average, makes more, a man or a woman?

On the average, a man earns $40/week while a woman earns $45/week. Therefore, on the average, women earn more per week.

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