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Chapter 2 – Earning an income

2.2 Alternate Ways to Earn Money

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• c. Describe the advantages and disadvantages for a variety of methods of earning income, such as hourly wage, tips, piecework, salary, commission, contract work, and self-employment.

Outcomes

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• Self- employed – a person who works for him or herself rather than for an employer

• Piecework – when someone is pad a set rate for an amount produced

• Commission – an amount paid usually a percentage, paid to someone for a business transaction

• Contract – a legal agreement that outlines terms, conditions and payments for work to be done

Definitions

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• Your flyer distribution business offers local stores a contract for delivering promotional flyers to a specified number of households. For stores each pay you $0.08 per flyer to deliver flyers on a weekly basis, and you hire two people to work for you.

• 1. What method of payment would you offer your workers?

• 2. How would you determine whether a piecework rate of an hourly rate will lower your costs?

• 3. Write an algebraic formula you could use to calculate how much the for stores will pay you.

Discussion

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Gwen works as a sales clerk in a clothing store. She earns a base salary of $8.00/h plus a 15% commission on the price before taxes on each item she sells. Her work day is 8 hours. One day, Gwen sells a suit with a price of $625.00, a sweater priced at $95.00, 3 t-shirts that cost $45.00 each and a raincoat priced at $225.00. How much does she earn that day?

Example 1

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Hank is a painting contractor. He negotiates a contract with a homeowner to paint the exterior siding on a house at a rate of $30.00/h plus the cost of materials. It takes Hank six 8-hour days to prepare and paint the siding, and he uses 15 gallons of paint that cost $45.00 each. What is the total value of the contract?

Example 2

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Assignment


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