A basketball star earned $2,000,000 last year. He played in 64 games for an average of 42 minutes per game. Find these rates
dollars per game
dollars per minute of playing time
dollars per game = 2*10^6/64 = $31,250 per game.
dollars per minute of playing time =
$31,250/42 = $744.05 per minute
To find the rates, we need to divide the total earnings by the number of games played and the number of minutes played.
1. Dollars per game:
To find the dollars per game, we divide the total earnings by the number of games played:
dollars per game = total earnings / number of games played.
In this case:
dollars per game = $2,000,000 / 64.
Calculating this gives us:
dollars per game = $31,250.
So, the basketball star earned $31,250 per game.
2. Dollars per minute of playing time:
To find the dollars per minute, we divide the total earnings by the total number of minutes played:
dollars per minute of playing time = total earnings / total minutes played.
In this case:
dollars per minute of playing time = $2,000,000 / (64 games * 42 minutes/game).
Calculating this gives us:
dollars per minute of playing time = $2,000,000 / 2,688.
Therefore, the basketball star earned approximately $743.06 per minute of playing time.