Your current wage is $18/hour and you miss one day of work in a 5/8 schedule. Your gross income will change from?

To determine the impact of missing one day of work on your gross income, it’s important to understand how a 5/8 work schedule operates. In this case, a 5/8 schedule typically means working 5 days a week for 8 hours each day.

First, calculate the total weekly hours you would normally work under this schedule:

5 days/week × 8 hours/day = 40 hours/week.

Next, multiply the total hours by the hourly wage to find the gross income for a week.

40 hours/week × $18/hour = $720/week.

Now, if you miss one day of work, you are reducing the hours worked that week. Assuming you miss one full day (8 hours), your work hours for that week would reduce from 40 hours to:

40 hours - 8 hours = 32 hours.

Now calculate the updated gross income after missing a day of work:

32 hours/week × $18/hour = $576/week.

Thus, the gross income changes from $720 to $576 when one day of work is missed. This aligns with the correct response, reflecting the accurate calculation of earnings in this scenario, helping to demonstrate the financial impact of absence from work under a standard hourly wage in a full-time