Normally, the longer you work for a company, the higher your salary per hour. Hector surveyed the people at his company and placed his data in the table below.  

1. Use Hector’s data to estimate how much he makes, assuming he has worked at the company for $12$ years.

   Hint (a):

   Create an equation representing the table above, where:
   $y=$ salary per hour
   $x=$ number of years at company

   More Help 1(a):

   During the first year of work (0), the salary per hour is $\$6.25$.

   More Help 2(a):

   $y=6.25+0.75x$

   Answer (a):

   $\$15.25$ per hour

2. Hector is hiring a new employee who will work $20$ hours a week. How much should the new employee earn for the first week?

   Hint (b):

   Refer to part (a).