Real-Life Math
Making the decision to continue working as a deminer after you retired
from the military was easy. Although you only worked in demining for 4 of
your 10 years in the service, it was something that got into your blood. It
was something you couldn't just walk away from. After all, what could
be better than helping to save lives?
Working as a deminer has its
ups and downs. You have been to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and several other
countries teaching the indigenous people to clear their own minefields and
get back to farming their land. It's rewarding for you to see people
you trained making their countries safer to live in.
For you, however,
the travel and learning about all the different cultures are just as rewarding.
But to travel, there has to be a budget for the demining program to work in
another country.
That's what you're concentrating on this
week. The new country plans and budgets are due next week, and you have to
get them into shape.
You've been allotted $12 million to run a
demining operation in Turkey. The operation will require that a minimum of
15 deminers work 18 months to train natives in the detection and deactivation
of mines.
The deminers will each make an average salary of $10,000
per month. According to the guidelines of the agency that is granting the
funds for the demining operation, not more than 20 percent of the funds granted
can be used for labor costs during the operation.
The remainder of
the budget is used for transportation, victim support, equipment and administrative
fees. If you can't get the numbers to match, the budget won't be
approved and the project won't be able to move forward. Does the labor
percentage fall within the guidelines for the program budget?