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Question

Amy works for 36 hours per week for 10 weeks during the summer, making £3000. If she works for 30 weeks during the school year at the same rate of pay and needs to make another £3000, 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 3 times as many weeks, she can work 3 times fewer hours per week, meaning she can work 13 36 = 12 hours per week.