If three men working at the same hourly rate are paid a total of $52.08 for a day's work, how much should be paid to five men at

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Feliz [49]

3 years ago

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If three men working at the same hourly rate are paid a total of $52.08 for a day's work, how much should be paid to five men at

the same hourly rate?

Mathematics

2 answers:

andrew11 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-19T21:37:23+03:00

andrew11 [14]3 years ago

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$\bf \begin{array}{ccllll}
men&payrate\\
\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash&\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\\
3&52.08\\
5&x
\end{array}\implies \cfrac{3}{5}=\cfrac{52.08}{x}$

solve for "x"

creativ13 [48] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-19T23:46:06+03:00

creativ13 [48]3 years ago

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52.08 / 3 is 17.36 * 5 so $86.80