Associative Propety
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
He can make 3 batches of soup.
Starting with 10 pounds of tomatoes and taking out the number of pounds he sets aside for spaghetti sauce, 2.8, we have:
10-2.8 = 7.2 pounds left.
0.2 is read as "two tenths," so 7.2 = 7 2/10
We divide this remaining number of pounds by 2 2/5 for each batch of soup:
7 2/10 ÷ 2 2/5
Convert each to an improper fraction:
72/10 ÷ 12/5
Multiply by the reciprocal:
72/10 × 5/12 = 360/120 = 3
Step B would be correct because you trying to find the total number of hours she reads in 8 days and not the difference. <span />
Answer:
$250
Step-by-step explanation:
The numbers in the table indicate a proportional relationship between earnings and hours worked. Among other things, that means you can find the earnings for 20 hours by using any table values that sum to 20 hours.
For example, 9 hours + 11 hours = 20 hours, so the earnings would be ...
$112.50 +137.50 = $250.00 . . . for 20 hours
You could also use 4×5 hours = 20 hours, so ...
4×$62.50 = $250 . . . for 20 hours
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Or, you can figure ...
$37.50/(3 h) = $12.50/h
so the pay for 20 hours is ...
(20 h)×($12.50/h) = $250.00