SOLUTION: Can someone help me with the following homework question I have to answer? Thank you. Bill is paid hourly. If he works 8 hours he will receive $50. Write an equation for his sala

Question 260736: Can someone help me with the following homework question I have to answer? Thank you.
Bill is paid hourly. If he works 8 hours he will receive $50. Write an equation for his salary based on the number of hours he works. Explain what you did to get your answer.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since Bill "works 8 hours he will receive $50", we know that he gets dollars an hour. Now let h=number of hours that Bill works and s=Bill's salary.

So if Bill works 'h' hours, then he will get paid . So the equation that we're looking for is . For example, if Bill works 8 hours, then he will get dollars. Or if he works for 12 hours, then he will get dollars.
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