Question

Suppose you make $12 an hour as a lifeguard at the community pool during the summer let h represent the number of hours you work in a week. write an expression that shows how much money you earn in a week and evaluate it for h = 15.

Answer 1

Let w represent the amount of money earned per week, and let h represent the number of hours worked per week.

w = 12 h
= 12 (15)
= 180