Question

Carly worked from 8am - 1:15pm and earned $46.20. How much would she earn if she worked from 8am -2:45pm?

Answer 1

59.40 or 59.4 dollars

Explanation:

First, we need to find how many hours she worked to earn $46.20. She worked from 8 am to 1:15 pm, which is 5 hours and 15 minutes. We can write that number in terms of hours as 5.25 hours.

Now that we know how many hours she worked to earn $46.20, we can divide the money by the hours to find out how much she makes per hour.

46.20 dollars / 5.25 hours = 8.8 dollars per hour

Now that we know she earns 8.8 dollars per hour, we can calculate how much she would earn if she worked from 8 am to 2:45 pm. To do that, we need to find out how many hours is from 8 am to 2:45 pm (Hopefully that makes sense.)

From 8 am to 2:45 pm is 6.75 hours. Now that we know the time, we should multiply the money she earns per hour by the hours she should work.

8.8 dollars per hour * 6.75 hours = $59.4

Thus, the answer is 59.40 or 59.4 dollars.