Olga worked 37.5 hours last week and earned $12.50 an hour. If she gets a $2.50 per hour raise, how many hours will she have to work to make the same amount of money as she did last week?

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Anna Russell

Mathematics

24 December, 12:23

Olga worked 37.5 hours last week and earned $12.50 an hour. If she gets a $2.50 per hour raise, how many hours will she have to work to make the same amount of money as she did last week?

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Toby Charles · Answer 1

She would have to work 31.25 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the amount of hours, first determine how much she made last week. You can do that by multiplying the hours by the rate from the first week.

37.5 * $12.50 = $468.75

Now to find the number of hours, divide that amount by the new rate ($15.00)

$468.75/$15.00 = 31.25 hours