Question

Jeannie works 5 hours on Tuesday, 3 hours on wensday, and 4.5 hours on Thursday. If h represents her hourly pay rate, which expression below shows the amount she earned

Answer 1

The answer would be 12.5h

Answer 2

The required result = 12.5h amount

Explanation:

Given : Jeannie works 5 hours on Tuesday, 3 hours on Wednesday, and 4.5 hours on Thursday.

If h represents her hourly pay rate.

To find : The amount she earned

Solution :

First we find out total number of hours she work

5 hours on Tuesday + 3 hours on Wednesday + 4.5 hours on Thursday

⇒5+3+4.5=12.5 hours she work

h represents her hourly pay rate means,

For 1 hour she got = h amount

For 12.5 hours she got = 12.5 × h = 12.5h

Therefore, The required result is she earned 12.5h amount.