Question

Latisha earned $5 an hour painting for her dad.if she made $40 last week, write an equation and solve to determine how many hours h she painted?

Answer 1

Let us suppose Latisha worked for 'h' hours.

Earnings in an hour = $5

Earnings in 5 hours=5h

Earnings in a week= $40

So, 5h=40

Divide by 5 on both sides

h=8

So, She painted 8 hours.

Answer 2

Amount earned by Latisha per hour = $\ 5$

Amount earned by Latisha in last week = $\ 40$

Let 'h' be the number of hours she painted,

Since she earned $\ 40$ in a week. So the equation to find the number of hours she painted in the last week is given by,

$5 \times h = 40$

$h=\frac{40}{5} = 8$

So, she painted for 8 hours in the last week.