Question

If you get paid $13 per hours and work 8 hours and 45 minutes how much money did you earn? round your answer to the nearest hundred?

Answer 1

keeping in mind that an hour has 60 minutes, so you're really getting paid $13 per 60 minutes, so now, 8 hours and 45 minutes is just 8*60 + 45 = 525 minutes.

`\begin{array}{ccll} \$&minutes\\ \cline{1-2} 13 & 60\\ x& 525 \end{array} \implies \cfrac{13}{x}~~=~~\cfrac{60}{525} \\\\\\ \cfrac{ 13 }{ x } ~~=~~ \cfrac{ 4 }{ 35 }\implies 455=4x\implies \cfrac{455}{4}=x\implies 113.75=x`

Answer 2

113.75

Explanation:

13$ x 8.75 h (45 minutes is 3/4 of an hour) = $113.75