Question

Lee earns $6.25 per hour mowing lawns.
a. Write a rule to describe how the amount of money m earned is a function of the number of hours h spent mowing lawns.

b. How much does Lee earn if she works 5 hours and 15 minutes?

Answer 1

f(m) = 6.25m where is the how many hours she works

Answer 2

6.25*5 = 31.25
1/4 of an hour is 15 min
1/4 = .25 * 4 = 1.56
31.25 + 1.56 = 32.81