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Four consecutive odd integers have a sum of 48. Find the average of those integers.
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ACT: Math Question #3 |
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Question:
On Farm X, farmworkers work 6 days per week and earn $23.00 per day, plus $0.74 per bushel filled. If a certain farmworker earned $165.38 in a week, how many bushels did she fill in that week?
Choices:
| The work week is six days and each day a minimum of $23.00 is |
| earned. So without filling any bushels, the worker will earn |
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$23.00 |
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$138.00. |
You can think of that as a base salary. |
The extra money earned by filling bushels is the remainder of her pay for the week, or $165.38 - $138.00 = $27.38. That's the total "bonus" based on bushels.
| Since each bushel earns $0.74, you can find the number of |
| bushels filled by dividing the total ($27.38) earned by the pay per |
| bushel ($0.74). |
$27.38 |
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$0.74 |
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37, |
so she filled 37 bushels. |
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