Question

Brianna has worked at her company for several years. She now earns three times the amount of money she earned when she started her job. Brianna now earns $24 per hour. Which equation represents how many dollars per hour, d, Brianna earned when she started her job?

Answer 1

8 dollars per hour is her pay when she has started the job. (equation given in explanation)

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a simple question which required us to calculate pay per hour of Brianna when she had started the job. The current pay per hour is mentioned in the question and rate of change that is three times is also given.

So her past pay can easily be calculated with the help of simple mathematics equation given below.

Let suppose X is her pay to be determined. so

X*3 = 24

(Means current pay is 3 times more than the initial pay)

Solving this we get 8 $ per hour (X=24/3)