If you are paid hourly, your salary can be found from the formula Salary = hours worked x hourly rate.

Question

Even if you're not paid by the hour, your salary and hours worked are related by the same equation

.a) If an employee has a constant hourly rate, does his salary vary directly or inversely with the hours worked? What happens as he works more hours?

b) If an employee has a constant salary, does his hourly rate vary directly or inversely with the hours worked? What happens as he works more hours?

Answer 1

a) directly

b) inversely