If Joe works for 8 hours he gets paid £48 . How much would he earn if he worked 3 hours?
48/8 = 6 pounds an hour
To find out how much Joe would earn if he worked for 3 hours, we can use a proportion to calculate his earnings.
First, we need to determine how much Joe earns per hour. We can find this by dividing his total earnings by the number of hours he works:
£48 / 8 hours = £6 per hour
Now that we know Joe earns £6 per hour, we can calculate how much he would earn if he worked for 3 hours:
£6 per hour × 3 hours = £18
Therefore, if Joe worked for 3 hours, he would earn £18.