Question

If someone who worked 24 hours received $232 in pay, what is his or her hourly wage?

Answer 1

The hourly rate is `$9.67`

Explanation:

The phrase "hourly wage" means "how much was he paid per hour?"

"per hour" means for EACH hour, or for ONE hour.

`$232 " paid for working 24 hours "larr div 24`

`($232)/24 " for working for " 24/24 " hour"`

`$9.67 " for working for 1 hour"`

The hourly rate is `$9.67`

Answer 2

So for 1 hour the earnings are `$9 2/3 ~~$9.67` to 2 decimal places

Explanation:

Using ratio

Consider the way it will be worded: wages per hour.

Mathematically this is written as:`" "("wages")/("hour")`

`=>("wages")/("hour") ->($232.00)/24`

But we need 1 hour

For multiply or divide with ratios, what you do the bottom you do to the top.

`=>("wages")/("hour") ->($232.00)/24 -= ($232.00-:24)/(24-:24) = ($9 2/3)/1`

So for 1 hour the earnings are `$9 2/3 ~~$9.67` to 2 decimal places