A Payroll Problem

This is a picture of Joan.On Joan's first day of work, her boss said "Joan, do the payroll." Joan said, "I don't know how." Her boss said "No problem. It is very easy. Just make a tabular copy of the payroll sheet and then tell the computer what to do. Like: 'The wages are equal to the rates times the times.'" This is a picture of ABC's payroll sheet.
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