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A Payroll Problem

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: 'Multiply the rate times the time.'"

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