Question

Mrs. Kelly earns $2,500 a month from her job. If her work breaks her paycheck into weekly payments and she earns a constant amount each week, write an equation that represents the amount she is paid per week if w= weeks and p= the amount paid for the month

Answer 1

P/W or 2500/4

Explanation:

The question here says to derive an equation with the following data:

Mrs Kelly earns $2500 a month and her work breaks her paycheck into weekly payments and she earns a constant amount every week.

The symbols w and p were given to represent week and pay respectively.

The solution here is:

P/W which is also 2500/4(since 4 weeks makes a month)

Answer 2

The equation that represents her weekly income is p/w or 2500/w.

Explanation:

In cases where we're given a certain amount and we wish to divide it in equal parts, we need to divide this amount by the number of parts we wish to obtain. Her weekly income can then be obtained by dividing her monthly income by the amount of weeks on that particular month. So if she earns 2,500 $ dollars a month we have:

weekly payment = p/w = 2500/w