Jerry works as an independent contractor for a company that pays him $40 per task. If each task takes him two hours to complete and he works 10 hours a day for a whole week, calculate the total amount of money he would earn at the end of the week.
Let’s work this out in a step by step way to be sure we have the right answer.
1400
If a task takes two hours to complete and Briar works for ten hours a day, he manages to complete 10 / 2 = five tasks a day.

Since each task pays him $40, for the five tasks, he makes $40 * 5 = $200.

If he works for a whole week, he makes $200 * 7 = $1400.

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The answer: 1400