Question

Miles worked a total of 38 hours last week. His earnings for the week were more than $228. What is his hourly rate of pay?

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable.
We have then:
x: rate of payment per hour
We write now the inequality that models the problem:

`38x\ \textgreater \ 228`
From here, we clear x:

`x\ \textgreater \ 228/38`

`x\ \textgreater \ 6`
Answer:
his hourly rate of pay was last than $ 6 per hour