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Question

Julie works for 48 hours per week for 12 weeks during the summer, making 5000. If she works for 48 weeks during the school year at the same rate of pay and needs to make another 5000, how many hours per week must she work?

Accepted Answer

Since she only needs to make the same amount of money, if she works for 4 times as many weeks, she can work 4 times fewer hours per week, meaning she can work 14 48 = 12 hours per week.