SOLUTION: winstons pay varies directly with the number of hours he works if he earns $120 for 8h of work how much will he earn for 11h of work?

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Question 1123756: winstons pay varies directly with the number of hours he works if he earns $120 for 8h of work how much will he earn for 11h of work?
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winstons pay varies directly with the number of hours he works if he earns $120 for 8h of work how much will he earn for 11h of work?
Set up a proportion as follows: , where E is the earnings from 11 hours of work.

Solve for E (earnings) to get $165. 

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