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One week, Abigail earned $396.80 at her job when she worked for 16 hours. If she is paid the same hourly wage, how many hours would she have to work the next week to earn $148.80?

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6 hours

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User David Siro
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$396.80 divided by 16 to find the hourly wage you get $24.80 per hours so she works 1 hour to get that much so then in order to compute the amount of hours she’ll have to work you divide $148.80 by $24.80 to get 6. She has to work 6 hours to earn $148.80.
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