After harvey islip's performance review, he received a merit increase of 3.65% and a cola of 3.35%. he now earns $24.00 an hour. what was his hourly wage, to the nearest cent, before the merit and cola increases? express your answer in dollars and cents.

Me its important ! marge runs an ice cream parlor. her speciality is triple chocolate sundaes. she can prepare 1 sundae every 2 minutes, and she earns $1.20 for each sundae she makes . if she just makes sundaes for a single shift of at most 4 hours and at least 2 hours , which function relates her earnings to the number of minutes she works?