Question

The amount of money Jamie earns is proportional to the number of hours she works. Jamie earns $62.50 working 5 hours. 1) Write an equation that models the relationship between m, the amount of money Jamie earns in dollars, and h, the number of hours she works. 2) How much money would Jamie earn for 11 hours of work?

Answer 1

To write your equation you need to find out what amount of money Jamie makes per hour. To do this take $62.50 and divide it by 5. The answer is $12.50 per hour.

Please see step 1 in the attached work to see the equation that is represented. Then substitute in 11 hours for h to find the total amount of money made. See part 2 in the attached work. The answer is $137.50 for working 11 hours.