Question

When randy works 5 hours as a baseball umpire. he earns $77.50. when he works 18 hours, he earns $279.00. which equation represents randy’s earnings(m) for any number of hours(h)?

Answer 1

h(15.50)=m

Explanation:

He earns 15.50 dollar per hour

77.50/5=15.5

279/18=15.5

Answer 2

m=15.5h

Explanation:

279 divided by 18 and 77.5 divided by 5 equal 15.5 so that is how much randy gets paid per hour (h)