To find Mr. Lakey's weekly gross income, let's break it down step by step:
1. Calculate the earnings from his hourly wage:
- Mr. Lakey earns [tex]$5.00 per hour.
- He works 40 hours in a week.
To find his earnings from the hourly wage alone, we multiply his hourly wage by the number of hours worked:
\[
\text{Earnings} = 5.00 \, \text{(dollars/hour)} \times 40 \, \text{(hours)} = 200.00 \, \text{dollars}
\]
2. Add the tips received to the hourly earnings:
- Besides his hourly earnings, Mr. Lakey received $[/tex]287 in tips.
To find the total gross income for the week, we add the earnings from his hourly wage to the tips he received:
[tex]\[
\text{Gross Income} = \text{Earnings} + \text{Tips} = 200.00 \, \text{dollars} + 287 \, \text{dollars} = 487.00 \, \text{dollars}
\][/tex]
Therefore, Mr. Lakey's weekly gross income is [tex]\( 487.00 \)[/tex] dollars.
