16 Compare Dawn earned $97.50 for 10 hours of work. Amy earned $120 for 12 hours of work. How much did each person earn per hour? How can you use this information
to compare their earnings?
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Lesson 2 Understand Unit Rate

Dawn earns $9.75 per hour while Amy earns $10 per hour.  

This information is important in comparing who is actually earning more than the other. Amy is earning $0.25 more than Dawn is earning. Thus, working for an extra 2 hours than Dawn made her earn $22.5 more than Dawn earned in a week.

Step-by-step explanation:

You can get the hourly work rate of Dawn and Amy by dividing their total earnings to the number of hours they worked.

You can get the difference in hourly rate by subtracting Dawn's earning from Amy's earning.

You can also get the difference in their weekly earnings by subtracting Dawn's total weekly earning from Amy's total weekly earning.

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