Wendy is paid $36.00 for 5 hours of babysitting. At the same hourly rate, how much is Wendy paid for 8 hours of babysitting? Explain how you found your answer.

1. Summarize the given situation in your own words. (What do you notice?)

2. Explain: What is the essential information you can use to find the solution?

3. Find the Solution. Show your thinking in the space below.

4. Justify your answer-explain in detail why your answer is correct.

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.

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step-by-step explanation:

your answer is  

a.

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