Question

Nina earns $60 for 5 hours of shoveling snow. Complete each statement if Nina keeps earning her money at this same rate. CLEAR CHECK For 6.5 hours of shoveling snow, Nina will earn $ . Nina will need to shovel snow for hours to earn $36.

Answer 1

We have been given that Nina earns $60 for 5 hours of shoveling snow.

1. Let us find how much Nina earns per hour of shoveling snow.

$\text{Nina earns}=\frac{60\text{ Dollars}}{5\text{ hours}}$

$\text{Nina earns}=12\frac{\text{ Dollars}}{\text{ hour}}$

Let us find amount Nina will earn for 6.5 hours of shoveling snow by multiplying 12 by 6.5 .

$12\cdot6.5=78$

Therefore, Nina will earn $78 for 6.5 hours of shoveling snow.

2. We can find number of hours Nina need to shovel to earn $36 by dividing total amount Nina needs to earn ($36) by amount Nina gets for one hour of snow shoveling ($12).

$\text{Number of hours}=\frac{36}{12}$

Upon dividing 36 by 12 we will get,

$\text{Number of hours}=3$

Therefore, Nina will need to shovel snow for 3 hours to earn $36.  

Answer 2

6.5 hours for $78

3 hours to earn $36

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