Question

First try was incorrectJob #1 pays $52.50 for 7 hours of work. Job #2 pays $78 for 12 hoursof work.What does Job #1 pay in dollars per hour (to the nearest cent)?label required

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to use the concept of unit rate. In this case, to find the payment per hour of Job number 1, we can proceed as follows:

$\frac{52.50\text{dollars}}{7\text{hours}}=\frac{7.5d}{h}$

Therefore, Job number one pays $7.50 per hour (to the nearest cent).

(We divided the total amount of money by the total amount of time to find the number of dollars per hour.)