Real-Life Math -- Solution
Having a budget that is well balanced is essential to demining programs.
So, to get your labor costs in line, it is first necessary to determine the
projected costs of that labor. To do that, you first need to figure how much
you will be paying for labor each month.
Labor = 15
deminers x $10,000 per deminer per month x 18 months
Labor = $2.7 million
Your
total labor cost is $2.7 million.
Now, to figure your
percentage of labor cost, you need to divide the total labor cost by the amount
of your overall budget.
Labor cost percentage = ($2.7
million / $12 million) x 100
Labor cost percentage = 22.5
Your
total labor cost is 22.5 percent, making it too high to fit within your budgetary
constraints. That means you will either have to pay your deminers less or
hire fewer deminers.
"Mathematics is essential in my work on a daily
basis," says Jane Brouillette. She is a deminer. "Math is critical for budgets,
measuring for equipment in the referral structure and statistics."