What operations can be applied to both 2 hours and $ 22 to get 5 hours and the payment for 5 hours?
Payment
$ 22
÷ 2 * 5
$ 55
Hours
2
÷ 2 * 5
5
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We want to figure out how much the employer charges for 5 hours. We are asked to do this by using the given table. Let's take a look at the table!
Payment
$ 22
Hours
2
5
The first column represents the situation for 2 hours of work. We need to complete the third column so that it represents the situation for 5 hours of work.
We can use the second column to write the operations that can be applied to both 2 hours and $ 22 to get 5 hours and the payment for 5 hours. Notice that we can get 5 from to 2 by dividing 2 by 2 and multiplying the result by 5.
Payment
$ 22
Hours
2
÷ 2 * 5
2 ÷ 2 * 5 = 1 * 5 = 5
Let's apply these operations to $ 22 to get the payment for 5 hours.
Payment
$ 22
÷ 2 * 5
$ 22 ÷ 2 * 5= $ 11 * 5 = $ 55
Hours
2
÷ 2 * 5
2 ÷ 2 * 5 = 1 * 5 = 5
We found that the employer charges $ 55 for 5 hours.
