Question

A writer earns $10.50 for each page the he writes. If he works 8.5 hours and writes 12 pages each day on average, which of these proportions can be used to calculate his average hourly wage, w?

Answer 1

126/8.5 = w/1 ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

Answer 2

$ 14.82

Explanation:

Hello

Step 1

let

A writer earns $10.50 for each page the he writes=in other words, $10.50 is the wage per page

`wage\ per\ page=  10.50\\`

he works 8.5 hours and writes 12 pages each day on average= in other words , he writes 12 pages in 8.5 hours

the proportion is

`(12\ pages )/(8.5\ hours) =1.41\ pages\ per\ hour\\`

step 2

he writes 1.41 pages per hour, now, for to know the wage per hour just multiply the wage per hour by the number of pages he writes in an hour to know the wage per hour

`(12)/(8.5) (pages)/(hour) *10.50( dollars)/(page) =wage per hour\\wage\ per\ hour=10.50*((12)/(8.5) ) usd\\wage\ per\ hour=14.82`

hourly wage = wage per hour = $ 14.82

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