Question

Gabe has a great job. He earns money on an hourly basis and he was given a signing bonus to switch jobs. He forgot how much they said they would pay him by hour but on his time card he has at 4 hours he has earned 1,120 and at 10 hours he has earned 1,480. What is an equation that will model this situation? How much money will he earn in a 40 hour work week?

Answer 1

Pay for 40 hours would be
`\geq 40 * 148`

Explanation:

Gabe works for 4 hours and earns $ 1,120

Pay for one hour is
`(1120)/(4) = 280`

When he works for 10 hours, he earns $1480.

Pay for one hour is

`(1480)/(10) = 148`

Thus the per hours pay must be greater than or equal to 148 dollars

Pay for 40 hours would be
`\geq 40 * 148`