Question

James earns 8.15 per hour that he works. which algebraic equation shows the amount of money, E, that James earns in n hours? a. E= 8.15 + n b. E 8.15/n c. 8.15E d. E= 8.15n

Answer 1

James earns $8.15 per hour.

We are asked to find out which algebraic equation shows the amount of money that James earns in n hours.

Let n represents the number of hours that James work

Since James earns $8.15 for working one hour then we can write

`E=8.15n`

Where E represents the earnings.

n represents the number of hours.

For example:

If James work for 5 hours then he will earn

`\begin{gathered} E=8.15n \\ E=8.15(5) \\ E=40.75 \end{gathered}`

As you can see, you just have to substitute the number of hours (n) to get the earnings.

Therefore, the correct option is d.