Question

Naomi has earned$54 mowing lawns the past two days. She worked 2 1/2 hours yesterday and 4 1/4 hours today. If Naomi is paid the same ammount every hour she works, how much does she earn per hour? (show your work)

Answer 1

2.5 x + 4.25 x = 54

x = the # hours worked

solve for x

Answer 2

Naomi earns $8 per hour.

Explanation:

Naomi has earned$54 mowing lawns the past two days.

She worked 2.5 hours yesterday and 4.25 hours today.

Suppose she earns x dollars per hour and is paid the same amount every hour she works.

We get the equation;

`2.5x+4.25x=54`

`6.75x=54`

x = 8

Hence, she gets $8 per hour.