Question

You have a babysitting job where you babysat for 3 hours and made $36. Let M represent how much money you made per hour.

Answer 1

$36 divided by 3 hours = M M= 12

Explanation:

If you work for 3 hours and make 36 dollars you divide the money by hours to find the hourly rate. This can be tested by multiplying 12 by 3, verifying that the hourly rate is $12

Answer 2

$12 per hour

Explanation:

M is how much money you made per hour. Since you babysat for 3 hours, we can multiply these two together to get the total amount of money you made:

3 * M = 36

Solving for M, we get: M = 12

Thus, you charge $12 per hour.

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