Question

Miles worked a total of 38 hours last week. His earnings for the week were more than $228. What is his hourly rate of pay?

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable.
 We have then:
 x: rate of payment per hour
 We write now the inequality that models the problem:
 $38x\ \textgreater \ 228$
 From here, we clear x:
 $x\ \textgreater \ 228/38$
 $x\ \textgreater \ 6$
 Answer:
 his hourly rate of pay was last than $ 6 per hour