A Microchip Manufacturer Pays Its Assembly Line Workers $12 $W = 0.3 x + 12.25$

question 23

Multiple Choice

A microchip manufacturer pays its assembly line workers $12.25 per hour.In addition,workers receive a piecework rate of $0.3 per unit produced.Select a linear equation for the hourly wage W in terms of the number of units x produced per hour. ?

• A) \(W = 0.3 x + 12.25\)
• B) \(W = 0.3 x - 12.25\)
• C) \(W = 12.25 x + 0.3\)
• D) \(W = 12.25 x - 0.3\)
• E) \(W = 12.55 x\)

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