Question

Isabella worked 50 hours over the past two weeks, and she gets paid by the hour. During the first week of the two-week span, she worked 30 hours and got paid $285.00. How much did she get paid during the second week of the two-week span?

Answer 1

I'll show two ways to approach this problem: 1) finding the hourly rate and 2) setting up a proportion

1) finding the hourly rate.
since she made $285 over 30 hours, you can divide 285/30 to get her hourly wage. then multiply this by the 20 hours left she has to work.

2) setting up a proportion:

($285) / (30 hours) = (x dollars) / (20 hours) and solve for x