SOLUTION: Kenneth worked 10 hours this week and made $150. If he works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will he make?
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Question 833682: Kenneth worked 10 hours this week and made $150. If he works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will he make?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set this up as a proportion:
10/150=15/x
Cross multiply:
10x=2250
Divide by 10
x=225
So we can see that he'll make $225
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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