Question

Steven earns extra money babysitting. He charges $40.50 for 6 hours and $54.00 for 8 hours. Enter an equation to represent the relationship. Let x represent the number of hours Steven babysits and y represent the amount he charges.

Answer 1

Answer:

6.75 * x =y

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, for is a keyword here we can use to represent division. If he charges $40.50 for 6 hours, this means we can represent this as $\frac{40.50dollars}{6 hours}$ to calculate the amount babysitting costs for an hour. Our answer is then $\frac{6.75 dollars}{1 hour}$. A similar division of $54.00 for 8 hours results in a calculation of $\frac{54.00 dollars}{8 hours} = \frac{6.75 dollars}{1hour}$. This means that for each hour, he charges 6.75 dollars, the same amount of money each hour.

Given this information, we can say that an equation to represent this relationship would be that, to calculate the total money Steven earns, we can multiply 6.75 dollars by the amount of hours he works, as he earns 6.75 dollars for each hour, making our equation 6.75 * x =y, with y representing the total amount he charges. If your teacher would