SOLUTION: If you can earn $341 in 11 hours you can earn x dollares in 8 hours. The answer I got was $248. I used division and mulifplication to solve the problem.

Question 545105: If you can earn $341 in 11 hours you can earn x dollares in 8 hours. The answer I got was $248. I used division and mulifplication to solve the problem.
Found 2 solutions by lmeeks54, saifoo.khan:
Answer by lmeeks54(111) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are correct, $248 in 8 hours. The hourly wage is $31.00 per hour.
Answer by saifoo.khan(162) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
we can use ratio method to solve it.
Hours : Amount
11 : 341
8 : x
Cross multiply,
11x = 341*8
11x = 2728
x = 2728/11
x = 248.
So this means that $248 will be earned.
THanks!
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