Question

Kamal makes $12.00 an hour at his job. Last week he earned $390. Write and solve an equation to determine how many hours Kamal worked last week.

Answer 1

The way you can solve this problem is to divide the amount of monney he gets per hour, to how much money he earned last week:

Equation: m * 12.00 = 390. Find for m.

You can use inverse operations and divide:

390/12 = 32.5

He worked 32 1/2 hours last week.

Explanation:

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