Question

Mariah's earnings rate can be described in dollars per hour or hours per dollar. Mariah earns $10 for each hour she works at a movie theater. State this rate in two different ways, and describe the difference.

Answer 1

Answer:

dollars per hour rate = $10

hours per dollar = 6 minutes 15 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

Take note that one is singular (dollar) without an 's', and the other is plural (dollars). Thus, since her dollars per hour rate tells us how much she will earn for each hour of work, we would expect her hours per dollar rate to tell us how much she has to work in minutes to earn a single dollar ($1).

If we divide $\frac{10}{60 minutes}$ = $0.16 which indicates how much she earns for every minute she works at the theater. Further dividing this value into 1 minute we find the hour per dollar rate 1/0.16 = 6.25. minutes.