In an effort to keep low-wage workers' salaries commensurate with the cost of living, a number of states have amended their constitutions to allow the minimum wage to be adjusted with inflation. You are the accountant for a company that owns a chain of 16 fast food restaurants in a state which adjusts the minimum wage for inflation. Each restaurant employs 45 workers, each averaging 20 hours per week at the current federal minimum wage, $7.25 per hour. (a) How many hours at minimum wage are paid out each week by the company? hr (b) At the current rate of $7.25 per hour, what is the amount (in $) of the weekly "minimum wage" portion of the restaurant's payroll? (c) If the inflation rate this year is 0.7%, calculate the "adjusted" minimum wage rate (in $ per hour) to be paid next year. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) per hour (d) How much in "additional wages" will the company have to pay out next year at the adjusted rate (in $)? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.) (e) Suggest some ways that the restaurant chain or other small businesses can offset the increase in payroll and subsequent decrease in profit as a result of the minimum wage hike.