Question

The amount of a person’s paycheck p varies directly with the number of hours worked t. For 16 hours of work, the paycheck is $124.00. Write an equation for the relationship between hours of work and pay.

Answer 1

Have you touched linear equations yet?

Answer 2

So, we first have to find, how much one hour of work costs

Answer 3

Do you know how you would find that?

Answer 4

We can write, 16 hours = 124 dollars
Dividing 16 from 124, we get 7.75 dollars an hour

Answer 5

This means, each hour the person works, he gets $7.75
"The amount of a person’s paycheck p varies directly with the number of hours worked t"
So, it is
P=7.75t