62,269 views
21 votes
21 votes
Brian made $56 by babysitting for 7 hours at this rate for how many hours would he have to babysit to make $72 create a ratio table to solve this problem

User NateW
by
2.7k points

1 Answer

9 votes
9 votes

\begin{gathered} \text{ \$56 for 7 hours} \\ So,\text{ for 1 hours }\Rightarrow\frac{\text{ \$56}}{7}=\text{ \$8} \\ So,\text{ for making \$72 , he needs to babysit of} \\ \Rightarrow\frac{\text{ \$72}}{\text{ \$8}}=9\text{ hours} \end{gathered}