The formula for calculating wage is $$\frac{p}{t}$$ where $$t$$ is the time duration for which an amount $$p$$ of money is paid. Astrid is looking for a job at a call center. Call center A offers her $$15$$ dollars per hour and call center B offers her $$25$$ cents per minute. Which place offers a higher wage?


<div id="displayOption0" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>Call centre $$A, B$$ offer equal neages.

</textarea>Call centre <math><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">A, B</annotation></semantics></math>A,B offer equal neages.
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<div id="displayOption1" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>Call center B offers a higher we age than call center A.

</textarea>Call center B offers a higher we age than call center A.
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<div id="displayOption2" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>Call centre A offers a higher wage than call centre B.

</textarea>Call centre A offers a higher wage than call centre B.
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<div id="displayOption3" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>None of the above.
</textarea>None of the above.
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<div id="id_cont_display" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>The formula for calculating wage is $$\frac{p}{t}$$ where $$t$$ is the time duration for which an amount $$p$$ of money is paid. Astrid is looking for a job at a call center. Call center A offers her $$15$$ dollars per hour and call center B offers her $$25$$ cents per minute. Which place offers a higher wage?
</textarea>The formula for calculating wage is <math><semantics><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow></mfrac></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\frac{p}{t}</annotation></semantics></math>​t​​p​​ where <math><semantics><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">t</annotation></semantics></math>t is the time duration for which an amount <math><semantics><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p</annotation></semantics></math>p of money is paid. Astrid is looking for a job at a call center. Call center A offers her <math><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>5</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">15</annotation></semantics></math>15 dollars per hour and call center B offers her <math><semantics><mrow><mn>2</mn><mn>5</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">25</annotation></semantics></math>25 cents per minute. Which place offers a higher wage?
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<div id="id_solution_display" class="markdown-body editormd-html-preview"><textarea>Wage for call center $$A=15$$ dollar/hour $$=\frac{15 \times 100}{60}$$ cents/min $$=25$$ cents/ min

Wage for call center $$B=25$$ cents/min

 $$\therefore$$ Call centre $$A$$ and $$B$$ offer equal wages.

</textarea>Wage for call center <math><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mn>5</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">A=15</annotation></semantics></math>A=15 dollar/hour <math><semantics><mrow><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mn>5</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>1</mn><mn>0</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>6</mn><mn>0</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">=\frac{15 \times 100}{60}</annotation></semantics></math>=​60​​15×100​​ cents/min <math><semantics><mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mn>5</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">=25</annotation></semantics></math>=25 cents/ min
Wage for call center <math><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mn>5</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">B=25</annotation></semantics></math>B=25 cents/min
 <math><semantics><mrow><mo>∴</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\therefore</annotation></semantics></math>∴ Call centre <math><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">A</annotation></semantics></math>A and <math><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">B</annotation></semantics></math>B offer equal wages.
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