Respuesta :
Answer:
C
Step-by-step explanation:
Let y represent the number of hours Maria works in a pay period.
Maria earns $5 per hour, then Maria earns
[tex]\$5y[/tex] in y hours.
She spends one-third of each paycheck on books. One-third of [tex]\$5y[/tex] is
[tex]\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot \$5y=\$\dfrac{5y}{3}[/tex]