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The amount of pay Rachel will earn in an 8 hour shift if Rachel earns $3 more per hour than Leah's pay, .

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The amount of pay Rachel will earn in an 8 hour shift if Rachel earns $3 more per hour than Leah's pay,
p. Using the given variables, write an expression for given situation.

Answer:

The expression for the amount Rachel will earn in 8 hrs shift is
24+8p.

Explanation:

Given:

Leah's pay per hour is
'p '.

Now given:

Rachel earns $3 more per hour than Leah's pay.

So we can say that;

Rachel's pay per hour =
3+p

Now Number of hours Rachel work = 8 hrs

We need to write an expression for the amount Rachel will earn in 8 hrs shift.

Solution:

Now we know that;

the amount Rachel will earn is equal to Number of hours Rachel work multiplied by Rachel's pay per hour.

framing in expression form we get;

the amount Rachel will earn =
8(3+p) =24+8p

Hence The expression for the amount Rachel will earn in 8 hrs shift is
24+8p.

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