Question

8. The amount of a person’s paycheck p varies directly with the number of hours worked t. For 22 hours of work, the paycheck is $126.50. Write an equation for the relationship between hours of work and pay.

Answer 1

First you would need to find out how much there are paid by the hour, which in this case is $5.75. So the equation would be 5.75t = p, then insert the 22 hours of work to the equation 5.75(22) = p, last solve the answer by mutiply the 5.75(22) which equals 126.50. .