Casey is trying to decide which employee she wants to hire. One employee works for $20 an hour. The other employee works for $22 an hour, but Casey would also get a $6/hour subsidy from the government for hiring a disabled worker. How much money per week would Casey save by hiring the cheaper employee, if they both work 40 hours per week?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
First find the weekly cost of the first employee: $20 / hour * 40 hours / week = $800 / week. Then find the hourly cost of the second employee after the government subsidy: $22 / hour - $6 / hour = $16 / hour. Then find the weekly cost of the second employee: $16 / hour * 40 hours / week = $640 / week. Then subtract the smaller weekly cost from the bigger weekly cost to find the difference: $800 / week - $640 / week = $160 / week.
Thus, the answer is 160.