Question

harriet earns the same amount of money each day. her gross pay at the end of 7 workdays is 35h + 56 dollars. which expression represents her gross pay each day?
○ 5h + 8
○ 8h + 5
○ 7h + 11.2
○ 11.2h + 7

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the problem

Harriet earns the same amount each day. Her total pay for 7 days is \(35h + 56\). To find the daily pay, we need to divide the total pay by the number of days (7).

Step2: Divide the total pay by 7

We can use the distributive property of division over addition. That is, \(\frac{35h + 56}{7}=\frac{35h}{7}+\frac{56}{7}\).

Step3: Simplify each term

For the first term, \(\frac{35h}{7} = 5h\) (since \(35\div7 = 5\)). For the second term, \(\frac{56}{7}=8\) (since \(56\div7 = 8\)). So the expression for daily pay is \(5h + 8\).

Answer:

A. \(5h + 8\)