Orientation Step 3

course MTH 164

10:28 PMTuesday, August 25, 2009

Question: `q001. If you are earning money at the rate of 8 dollars / hour and work for 4 hours, how much money do you make during this time? Answer in such a way as to explain your reasoning as fully as possible. A solution to this problem appears several lines below, but enter your own solution before you look at the given solution.

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Your solution: (type in your solution starting in the next line)

$8 an hour * 4 hours = $32.00

confidence rating: 3

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Given Solution: 8 dollars / hour means '8 dollars per hour', indicating that for every hour you work you earn 8 dollars. If you work for 4 hours, then if you earn 8 dollars for every one of those hours you earn 4 * 8 dollars = 32 dollars.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Self-critique Rating: 3

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Question: `q002. If you work 12 hours and earn $168, then at what rate, in dollars / hour, were you making money?

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Your solution: (type in your solution starting in the next line)

$168 dollars / 12 hours = $14 / hour

confidence rating: 3

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Given Solution: $168 earned in 12 hours implies that $168 / 12 = $14 were made per hour, so the rate is $14 / hour.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Self-critique Rating: 3

There are 10 more questions, but before you work them you should see how to submit your work. So take a couple of minutes and submit a copy of the everything above this point in your document, using the Submit Work Form at http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/submit_work.htm. The form has instructions but read the following:

* You will be asked to give your work a title. You may use any title you wish; if you aren't sure what you want to call it, just call it 'First Two Questions' or something of that nature. The title you choose is the title under which your work will be posted after the instructor has reviewed it.

* You will simply copy and paste everything that precedes this paragraph, including your answers, confidence assessments, self-critiques, etc., into a box in the form, and click Submit.

* Your work will then be posted by the end of the following day, and often by the end of the day on which you submit it, at your personal access site. You received instructions for accessing this site with your access code.

It is suggested that you bookmark the Submit Work Form now, but if you don't you will be reminded later.

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