Question

One week, Moussa earned $273.00 at his job when he worked for 13 hours. If he is paid the same hourly wage, how many hours would he have to work the next week to earn $378.00?

Answer 1

18 hours

Explanation:

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Let x equal the amount of money Moussa earns per hour of work.

Let y equal the number of hours Moussa works.

Given the one week where he earned $273 for working 13 hours, we can find the amount of money earned per hour of work.

Solve

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  `273 = 13x`
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  `273/13 = x`
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  `21 = x`

Moussa earns $21 per hour.

We are now asked to find how many hours it will take to earn $378.

We can create an equation and solve.

Solve

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  `21y = 378`
• 
  `y = 378/21`
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  `y = 18`

Moussa needs to work 18 hours to earn $378.