Question

Crystal earns $5.50 per hour mowing lawns. Write a rule to describe how the amount of money m earned is a function of the number of hours h spent mowing lawns. How much does Crystal earn if she works 3 hours and 45 minutes?

Answer 1

5.50h=m
if you plug in 3.75 into "h" Crystal would make about $20.63

Answer 2

Answer: Crystal would earn $20.625 by working 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Cost per hour for mowing lawns = $5.50

Let h be the number of hours.

Let the amount of money be 'm'.

So, the equation would be

`m=5.50h`

If number of hours = 3 hours 45 minutes =
`3(45)/(60)=3(3)/(4)=(15)/(4)`

So, Amount of money earned by Crystal would be

`m=5.50* (15)/(4)\\\\m=\$20.625`

Hence, Crystal would earn $20.625 by working 3 hours and 45 minutes.