Question

Steven earns extra money babysitting. He charges $31.25 for 5 hours and $50.00 for 8 hours. Explain why the relationship between how much Steven charges and time is a proportional relationship.

Answer 1

because 31.25: 5 and 50.00:8 is equivalent. Try to make the hour to 1 and see how much money he gets. so you divide 5 by 5 and 31.25 by 5 which is

6.25:1; that means each hr he gets