Question

Jeannie works 5 hours on Tuesday, 3 hours on Wednesday, and 4.5 hours on Thursday. If h represents her hourly pay rate, which expression below shows the amount she earned?

12.5
12.5h
12.5 + h
12.5/h

Answer 1

12.5 + h. if you multiply 4.5 and 3 it will become 12.5 and 5 hours is represented as h.

Answer 2

12.5h

Explanation:

5+3+4.5=12.5 hours

Since it is an hourly rate, that means you multiply h by the number of hours that Jeannie worked. Therefore, it would be 12.5h.