Question

A company pays their employees $20 per hour. Using fractional notation, write a proportion that represents how long an employee must work to make $80. Use x
to represent the unknown number of hours.(1 point)
Responses

20x=180
20 over x is equal to 1 over 80

801=20x
80 over 1 is equal to 20 over x

120=80x
1 over 20 is equal to 80 over x

201=80x

1 answer

To determine how long an employee must work to make $80 at a rate of $20 per hour, we can set up the proportion based on the relation of money earned to hours worked.

The correct proportion representing this scenario is:

\[ \frac{20}{1} = \frac{80}{x} \]

This can also be rearranged to represent it as:

\[ 20x = 80 \]

However, from the options provided, the closest representation of this in fractional notation is:

\[ \frac{20}{x} = \frac{80}{1} \]

Thus, you would look for the option that resembles \( \frac{20}{x} = \frac{80}{1} \), or the equivalent form presented above.

Therefore, the correct option from your responses is: 80 over 1 is equal to 20 over x.