ameesha works at a supermarket and gets paid $7.50 per hour. write an equation to model her pay = P based on the number of hours = H she worked. im confused plz help

Answer 1

Hello Amatul,

The problem says Ameesha gets paid $7.50 per hour.

$7.50 per hour means $7.50 for every hour. Another way to look at it is: $7.50 TIMES the number of hours Ameesha works.

That means her pay, P will equal $7.50 times H, the # of hours worked.

P = 7.50H

Cheers.