Kendra earns $11.60 per hour working at the movie theater. Each week, she donates
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10
of her earnings to Best Friends Animal Society, her favorite charity. If Kendra worked 8
1
2
hours last week, how much money did she donate to the charity?
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Answer:

  $9.86

Step-by-step explanation:

The numbers in your problem statement are somewhat garbled. We understand the problem to be ...

Given:

  earnings: $11.60 per hour

  1/10 of earnings donated

  8 1/2 hours worked

Find:

  the amount donated

Solution:

The amount donated will be the product of the given numbers:

  ($11.60 /hour)×(8.5 hours)×(1/10) = $9.86

Kendra donated $9.86 to the charity last week.