Question

Karen works for 85 hours throughout a two-week period she earns $1891.25 throughout this period.. How much does Karen earn for eight hours of work

Answer 1

1891.25 / 85 = 22.25...so she makes 22.25 per hr

for 8 hrs...
22.25 * 8 = 178 <==

Answer 2

Karen works for 85 hours throughout 2 weeks

• She earns $1891.25 throughout the same period
• We are to find the amount she earned for 8 hours of work.
• Let the amount she earned = A
• The time she works throughout the 2 week period is = T
• Her Earnings per hour = X

Further Explanation

Therefore, you have:

A = T x X

1891.25 = 85 x X

1891.25 = 85X

X = $\frac{1891.25}{85}$

X = 22.25

thus, Karen earns 22.25 per hour

To determine how much she earns for 8 hours:

Hence,

8 x 22.25

= $178

You can also solve this question quickly by following this step:

Firstly, we should determine what she earns per hour.  We can derive the value by dividing what she earned throughout a 2 week period and the hours throughout the same period.

Let represent what she earns per hour to X

X = $\frac{1891.25}{85}$

X = 22.25 per hour

Since we want to determine how much Karen earned for 8 hours of work,

Therefore we should have:

8 x 22.25

= $178

Thus, Karen earns $175 for 8 hours.

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