Deborah hired Nick to remove leaves, aerate the lawn, and plant 3 flower beds. If Nick spends 4.2 hours working on Deborah’s lawn, what is his hourly earnings for the job?

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Hint: Each price listed in the chart is a flat fee for the service.

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Responses

$375.00
$375.00

$93.75
$93.75

$89.29
$89.29

$79.76
$79.76
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Answer 1

To determine Nick's hourly earnings for the job, we first need to calculate the total earnings he made for the services he provided.

Let’s assume the flat fees for each service (which you haven’t provided here) are as follows:

• Removing leaves: $X
• Aerating the lawn: $Y
• Planting flower beds: $Z (3 flower beds at a certain rate)

The total earnings would then be \( X + Y + Z \).

Let's assume he earned $375 for the job (this is based solely on the options you've provided).

To find the hourly earnings, we then divide the total amount earned by the number of hours worked:

\[ \text{Hourly Earnings} = \frac{\text{Total Earnings}}{\text{Hours worked}} \] Inserting the values we have:

\[ \text{Hourly Earnings} = \frac{375.00}{4.2} \]

Calculating that gives us:

\[ \text{Hourly Earnings} = 89.2857142857 \approx 89.29 \]

Thus, Nick's hourly earnings for the job would be $89.29.