Penny worked 8 hour and earned $70. What is her hourly rate?
2 Answers
Penny's hourly rate of pay is $8.75/hour.
Explanation:
Her hourly rate of pay is determined by dividing her total pay by the number of hours she worked.
Using
Explanation:
Hourly rate means: how much is earned in 1 hour which is
This would normally be seen as dollars per hour
We can use
So as we need 1 hour we need to change the 8 into 1.
To maintain proportionality in ratio what we do to the bottom we do to the top (for multiply and divide).
So for 1 hour (the unit) Penny earned $8.75 (unit rate)