Question

Olga worked 37.5 hours last week and earned $12.50 an hour . If she gets a $2.50 per hour raise,how many hours will she have to work to make the same amount of money as she did last week?

Answer 1

She would have to work 31.25 hours

Explanation:

To find the amount of hours, first determine how much she made last week. You can do that by multiplying the hours by the rate from the first week.

37.5 * $12.50 = $468.75

Now to find the number of hours, divide that amount by the new rate ($15.00)

$468.75/$15.00 = 31.25 hours