Question

The equation y = 18x describes the amount of money Spongebob earns as a fry cook, where x is the

number of hours he works and y is the amount of money he earns. Show work. Complete sentence.
The table shows the amount of money Squidward earns as a cashier for different numbers of hours worked.
Squidward’s Earnings
Time (h) 3 5 8 10
Money earned
($) 48 80 128 160
(a) How much money does Spongebob earn per hour?
(b) How much money does Squidward earn per hour?
(c) Who earns more per hour? Justify your answer

Answer 1

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a.) How much money does Spongebob earn per hour?

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  `\$ \: 18`

b.) How much money does Squidward earn per hour?

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  `\$ \: 16`

c) Who earns more per hour? Justify your answer

Spongebob earns more than that of squidward per hour.

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