To find the employee's hourly earnings, we can start with the equation given:
\[ 10y = 80x \]
We can solve for \(y\) to express the earnings per hour in terms of \(x\):
- Divide both sides of the equation by 10:
\[ y = \frac{80x}{10} \]
- Simplify the right side:
\[ y = 8x \]
This implies that the employee’s earnings per hour (\(y\)) is 8 times \(x\), where \(x\) could represent the number of hours worked.
If we want to find the employee's earnings per hour, we need a specific value for \(x\) (the hours worked), but if \(x\) is not provided, we can only conclude that the earnings per hour are 8 times the value of \(x\).
In the absence of additional information, the employee earns \(8\) dollars for each hour worked.