Question

One week, Jayden earned $87.50 at his job when he worked for 5 hours. If he is paid the same hourly wage, how many hours would he have to work the next week to earn $105.00?

Answer 1

Answer: 6 hours

Explanation:

In order to find the solution, we first want to find the hourly wage. We can do this by dividing the wage he earned, by the time he worked to earn it:

`(87.50)/(5) = 17.50`

To find how long it would take to earn $105 we need to write an equation:

`17.50x = 105.00`

In this, x represents the hours worked. We need to isolate the x in order to solve this:

`x = (105.00)/(17.50) = 6`

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