One week, Taylor earned $203.40 at her job when she worked for 9 hours. If she is paid the same hourly wage, how many hours would she have to work the next week to earn $881.40?

Answer 1

To find the number of hours Taylor would have to work the following week to earn $881.40, we need to set up a proportion.

Let x be the number of hours Taylor would have to work the next week.

We can set up the proportion:

$203.40 / 9 hours = $881.40 / x hours

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:

($203.40)(x hours) = ($881.40)(9 hours)

203.4x = 7932.6

To isolate x, we can divide both sides of the equation by 203.4:

x = 7932.6 / 203.4 ≈ 39.0

Therefore, Taylor would have to work approximately 39 hours the next week to earn $881.40.