Question

You clean a community park for 6.5 hours. you earn $42.25. write and solve an equation that can be used to find the amount xx that you earn per hour.

Answer 1

I believe the equation that would relate x and y would be in the form of:

y = x t

where the variables represent:

x is the amount you earn per hour ($ per hour)

y is the total amount you earn ($)

t is the total number of hours (hours)

We can solve x by plugging in the initial values of y and t which is given in the problem. That is:

y = $42.25 and t = 6.5 hours

therefore:

$42.25 = x (6.5 hours)

x = $6.5 per hour

Hence you earn 6.5 dollars for every hour of cleaning the community park.