An employee who is paid a constant hourly rate earns 175 dollars in 15 hours. How much will the employee make in 18 hours

Answer 1

To find how much the employee will make in 18 hours, we first need to determine the hourly rate.

The employee earns $175 for 15 hours of work. So the hourly rate can be calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Hourly Rate} = \frac{\text{Total Earnings}}{\text{Total Hours}} = \frac{175 \text{ dollars}}{15 \text{ hours}} \approx 11.67 \text{ dollars/hour} \]

Now that we have the hourly rate, we can calculate the earnings for 18 hours:

\[ \text{Earnings for 18 hours} = \text{Hourly Rate} \times \text{Total Hours} = 11.67 \text{ dollars/hour} \times 18 \text{ hours} \approx 210 \text{ dollars} \]

Therefore, the employee will make approximately $210 in 18 hours.