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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-11-11

Olga worked 37.5 hours last week at the library 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?

Asked by tanrenee

Answer (3)

Answer is 31 +1/4 hours, in other words 31 hours and 15 minutes.

Answered by Anonymous | 2024-06-10

37.5x12.5=468.75 12.5+2.5=15 divide 468.75 by 15 your answer:31.25

Answered by dfulch98 | 2024-06-10

Olga needs to work 31 hours and 15 minutes at her new pay rate of $15.00 per hour to match her earnings from last week of $468.75. This is calculated by setting up the equation with her new hourly rate and solving for the required hours.
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Answered by Anonymous | 2024-10-02