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The Demir family has a monthly budget of $5,500. Mrs. Demir works fulltime and takes home $4,000 each month. Mr. Demir works part-time and brings home earns $16 per hour. How many hours per month must Mr. Demir work at his part-time job to make sure that he and Mrs. Demir have met their monthly budget?

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Answer:

93.75 hours

Explanation:

The Demir family has a monthly budget of $5,500. Mrs. Demir works fulltime and takes home $4,000 each month.

Hence, the amount of money Mr Demir is meant to bring at the end of the month is :

Monthly budget - Amount of money that Mrs Demir takes home

= $5,500 - $4,000

= $1,500

From the question, we are told that:

Mr. Demir works part-time and brings home earns $16 per hour. How many hours per month must Mr. Demir work at his part-time job to make sure that he and Mrs. Demir have met their monthly budget?

This is calculated as:

$16 = 1 hour

$1,500 = x

Cross Multiply

16 × x = 1500 × 1

x = 1500 /16

x = 93.75 hours

Therefore, Mr Demir must work for 93.75 hours in a month at his part time job.

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