Amanda earns an average of $22 an hour in tips as a waitress at the best steak restaurant in town. If her hourly wage is $2.50 and she has to pay a 10% tip share to the hostesses and busboys, how much does she take home at the end of a day when she worked from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.?

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First, calculate the amount of Amanda's hourly wages for a shift of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which is seven hours. 7 x $2.50 = $17.50 Next, calculate the amount of Amanda's tips for her seven-hour shift. 7 x $22 = 5154 Now, calculate the amount of her tips she has to share with the basboys and hostesses. $154x0.10 = 515.40 Now add everything up. Wages $17.50 Tips -SI 54.00 Tip share $15.40 Net pay $156.10

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