In South Australia (SA), the median hourly earnings for male em- ployees rose from $32.23 in 2019 to $33.22 in 2020 to $35.00 in 2021. In comparison, the median hourly earnings for female employees rose from $30.00 in 2019 to $32.56 in 2020 to $33.33 in 2021. ¹ (a) What was the average rate of change in the median hourly earn- ings for male employees between 2019 and 2020? (b) What was the average rate of change in the median hourly earn- ings for female employees between 2019 and 2020? (c) What was the average rate of change in the median hourly earn- ings for female employees between 2019 and 2021? (d) Based on this data, why can we say that in SA, the median hourly earnings for female employees is not increasing linearly?

You are the accountant for a company that owns a chain of 18 fast food restaurants in a state which adjusts the minimum wage for inflation. Each restaurant employs 45 workers, each averaging 20 hours per week at the current federal minimum wage, $7.25 per hour.(a)How many hours at minimum wage are paid out each week by the company?hr(b)At the current rate of $7.25 per hour, what is the amount (in $) of the weekly "minimum wage" portion of the restaurant's payroll?$ (c)If the inflation rate this year is 0.7%, calculate the "adjusted" minimum wage rate (in $ per hour) to be paid next year. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)$ per hour(d)How much in "additional wages" will the company have to pay out next year at the adjusted rate (in $)? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.)$ (e)Suggest some ways that the restaurant chain or other small businesses can offset the increase in payroll and subsequent decrease in profit as a result of the minimum wage hike.

A factory equipment has an initial cost of P200,000.00. Its salvage value after ten years is P20,000.00. As a percentage of the initial cost, what is the straight-line depreciation rate of the equipment?

In a company with 50 employees, the average monthly salary is $5,000. If 15% of the employees receive a bonus of $1,000, what is the approximate average monthly salary for the remaining employees? (A) $4,250(B) $4,750(C) $5,000(D) $5,250

Above is a bar graph of (projected) total revenues in the global video streaming market from 2018 to 2026, in billions of U.S. dollars. What is the average annual growth rate from 2018 to 2026? Please convert your decimal to a percentage (i.e., 7.3 for 0.073) and then round to one decimal place. Incorrect answer:

Suppose that a firm's sales were $3,750,000 five years ago and are $5,250,000 today. What was the geometric mean growth rate in sales over the past five years?

1. A sofa set which was listed at P20,000 was offered to retailer for 17,000 . What was the rate of trade discount?

The analysis of Earnings Per Share (EPS) is as follows: 2015: $5.70 2016: $3.30 2017: $6.21 2018: $6.20 2019: $4.91 a. What is the trend analysis for that EPS and why it is increasing and decreasing?