SOLUTION: Sue earns the same amount of money for each hour that she tutors in math. In 3 hours she earns $27. In 8 hours she earns $72. write an expression to show how much money Sue earns w

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Question 635906: Sue earns the same amount of money for each hour that she tutors in math. In 3 hours she earns $27. In 8 hours she earns $72. write an expression to show how much money Sue earns working h hours.
Answer by graphmatics(170)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
27/3=72/8=9 So the pay is $9 per hour. For n hours the pay is pay=9*n
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