Question

You help in the local cafeteria by emptying the trash barrels. You are paid $4 for each day you work. Let d be the number of days you work in a month. Which of the following expressions represent your pay for that month in dollars?

Answer 1

4d = $$$$

You would times 4 by the number of days

Answer 2

Answer:

The required expression is 4d.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that you are paid $4 for each day you work. It means

Earnings = $4 for each day of work

Let d be the number of days you work in a month.

The formula for total pay is

Total pay= Pay for each day × Number of days

Total pay = 4 × d

Total pay = 4d

It meas total pay is 4 times of the number of working days.

Therefore the expression 4d represent the total pay for that month in dollars.