Question

Shelley charges $13 an hour to babysit kids in her neighborhood. Which ordered pairs represent the time she works, in hours, and the money she earns, in dollars?

Answer 1

The correct answer is ( x , 13x ) where x is the number of hours Shelley works as a babysitter and x is any real number.

Explanation:

Shelley charges $13 hourly to babysit kids in her neighborhood.

Let Shelly babysit a kid for x hours.

Amount of money Shelley charges in order to babysit kids for x hours is $ 13x.

Thus the ordered pair to demonstrate this scenario is (time in hours, money in dollars) = (x , 13x) where x can be any real number.