The Engineering Department of a Consulting Company Has 8 Junior

question 49

Multiple Choice

The engineering department of a consulting company has 8 junior engineers working at $24.75/hour, 5 senior engineers working at $39.49/hour, and an engineering manager working at $47.24 per hour. Calculate the weighted average hourly rate earned by the engineering department.

• A) $31.62
• B) $37.16
• C) $88.19
• D) $35.09
• E) $34.05

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Definitions:

Hybrid Offspring

The progeny resulting from the crossbreeding of two genetically distinct individuals, often inheriting a combination of traits from both parents.

Favorable Allele

An allele that provides an advantage to the organism carrying it, often leading to increased survival or reproductive success.

Discordant

Describing things that are at variance, in conflict, or not in harmony with each other.

Gene Tree

Gene tree refers to the branched genealogical lineage of homologous alleles that traces their evolution back to an ancestral allele.