Hunter was paid $72 dollars for 5 hours of raking leaves and mowing the lawn. What was his hourly pay?

Question

Determine the proportion to use to solve this problem.



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Question 2
What was his hourly pay? Round to the nearest dollar.(1 point)
Responses

$10.00 per hour

$12.00 per hour

$14.00 per hour

$15.00 per hour

Answer 1

To find Hunter's hourly pay, we can set up a proportion based on the total amount he earned ($72) and the total hours he worked (5 hours).

The proportion can be written as:

\[ \frac{\text{Total Pay}}{\text{Total Hours}} = \text{Hourly Pay} \]

So in this case, we would have:

\[ \frac{72 \text{ dollars}}{5 \text{ hours}} = \text{Hourly Pay} \]

Now we can calculate his hourly pay:

\[ \text{Hourly Pay} = \frac{72}{5} = 14.4 \]

Rounding to the nearest dollar, Hunter's hourly pay is $14.

The answer to what was his hourly pay is:

$14.00 per hour.