14. Terry earns $5.75 per hour babysitting. Write a rule to describe how the amount of money m earned is a function of the number of hours h spent babysitting. How much money does Terry earn if he babysits for 3 hours and 30 minutes?
The rule can be written as:
m = 5.75h
To calculate how much money Terry earns if he babysits for 3 hours and 30 minutes, first convert the 30 minutes into hours by dividing by 60 (since there are 60 minutes in an hour):
3 hours + 30 minutes/60 = 3.5 hours
Now plug this value into the rule:
m = 5.75(3.5)
m = 20.125
Therefore, Terry would earn $20.13 if he babysat for 3 hours and 30 minutes.