Question

#8Ed earned $183.75 for 15 hours or work. At this rate, how many hours didhe work to earn a paycheck of $465.50?OA 38 hoursOB 12 hoursOC 31 hoursOD 45 hours

Answer 1

Explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.

Step 1

Let

x represents the hours he has to work for earn 465.50

then

if

$\begin{gathered} 15\text{ hours}\rightarrow183.75 \\ x\text{ hours}\rightarrow465.5 \end{gathered}$

the proportions or wage per hour is the same so,

$\frac{15}{183.75}=\frac{x}{465.5}$

Step 2

finally, solve for x

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