Question

You are paid $82.50 for 7 1/2 hours of work, whats is your rate of pay?

Answer 1

If you got paid 82.50 divide it by 7 1/2 (7.50) and you get 11 so you are getting paid 11 dollars per hour 11X is your answer

Answer 2

Rate of Pay is $11 per hour.

Explanation:

Cost of
`7(1)/(2)\:hr` of work = $ 82.50

To find: Rate of pay

Here Rate of Pay means Cost of 1 hour of work or we can say cost of per hour work.

`7(1)/(2)=(7*2+1)/(2)=(15)/(2)`

⇒ Cost of
`(15)/(2)\;hr` of work = $ 82.50

Cost of 1 hr of work =
`(82.50)/((15)/(2))`

=
`(82.50*2)/(15)`

=
`(165)/(15)`

= $ 11

Therefore, Rate of Pay is $11 per hour.