Bradd pitt earns $1,000 every 4 minutes and 48 seconds. He is in a new film and today's taping runs for 4 hours and 45 minutes what did he earn

Question

I dont understand how to set up the equation

Answer 1

Joey,

 

Brad Pitt earns $1000 for 4 minutes and 48 seconds which is $1000 for 4*60 + 48 seconds i.e. $1000 for 288 seconds

 

The taping runs 4 hrs and 45 minutes i.e. 4*60*60 + 45*60 seconds = 17100 seconds

 

So he earns (17100/288)*1000 = $59375