Question

Kendra earns $11.60 per hour working at the movie theater. Each week, she donates

1
10
of her earnings to Best Friends Animal Society, her favorite charity. If Kendra worked 8
1
2
hours last week, how much money did she donate to the charity?
$

Answer 1

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Answer:

$9.86

Explanation:

The numbers in your problem statement are somewhat garbled. We understand the problem to be ...

Given:

earnings: $11.60 per hour

1/10 of earnings donated

8 1/2 hours worked

Find:

the amount donated

Solution:

The amount donated will be the product of the given numbers:

($11.60 /hour)×(8.5 hours)×(1/10) = $9.86

Kendra donated $9.86 to the charity last week.