math problem: Help

[Jeffros Spec V]

Rent = $1400/month

Brian works 40/week
Nate works 30/week

Rent = $8.75/hour based on a 40 hour work week and 4 weeks per month.

How much per hour does each person pay?


I'm stuck. If they both worked 40/week they would each pay $4.38/hour. If you figure Nates works exactly 25% less then Brian how do you do this?

[whitezenki]

Thats probably the most confusing math question I have ever seen. What exactly are you given, and what did you add on your own?

How do they pay rent by the hour?

[whitezenki]

based on what I could get from your first post, Brian pays $5.46875 per hour while the other pays $3.36875

[Jeffros Spec V]

It's a problem. Figure it out? ahahah

I've tried it like 10 diffrent ways and can't figure it out.

Problem "Nate works 30 hours per week. Brian works 40/hours per week. If the total rent is $1400/month (40/week 4weeks/month) how much does each person pay per hour?"

[whitezenki]

I understand its a problem haha, it just doesnt make sense, how does someone pay rent per hour?

I got on math question wrong on the SAT's, I am not new to math problems, but the way this one is worded is just vague as hell, and what I wrote is the best I could do.

[drew]

brian 4.375

nate 5.833

[Jeffros Spec V]

THIS IS INCORRECT

ONLY = $1250/month

8.75 = 40 hr / 4 wk / 1 worker
Brian does 4/7 the work (40/70 total hours worked per week)
Nate does 3/7 the work (30/70 total hours worked per week)

Brian pays $5 per hour
Nate pays $3.75 per hour

[Jeffros Spec V]

brian 4.375

nate 5.833

That is over $10/hour

[drew]

im not good at explaining stuff but the easy way to look at this problem:

rent is 1400 a month, they both pay 700 ( assuming here )

so, it brian is working 40 hours a week ( 160 hour a month ) how much per house does he need to save to come up with 700 a month? to do this you just need to divide 700/160 and you come to $4.375 ( $4.76 if you round )

for nate, 30 hours a week ( 120 a month ) 700/120 5.83

[lawdogg]

Rent = $1400/month

Brian works 40/week
Nate works 30/week

Rent = $8.75/hour based on a 40 hour work week and 4 weeks per month.

How much per hour does each person pay?

Insufficient information / improperly phrased problem.

How much your rent is has nothing to do with how much you work.

Repost it with the correct information and let's do it!

[futuredsmowner]

ok the way i got is as follows:

Drew and I are right....this is a pretty good explanation....this is also why my entire family calls on a weekly basis for my cousins math problems....lol

This is assuming they pay it 50/50
Brian: 4.375
Nate: 5.83....

You need to break the per month rent down into a per week cost. Here is how you do it for the 50/50 version
Brian:
$700/month
700 / 4 = 175/week
175 / 40 hrs/wk = $4.375/hour

Nate:
$700/month
700 / 4 = 175/week
175 / 30 hrs/wk = $5.83....

[Jeffros Spec V]

THEY DO NOT SHARE 50/50
it's based solely on how many hours each person works.

[BlackBulletTSi]

haha wow

[whitezenki]

So whoever works more pays more of the rent?

If so then:
based on what I could get from your first post, Brian pays $5.46875 per hour while the other pays $3.36875
Nevermind drew and them are right haha

[futuredsmowner]

THEY DO NOT SHARE 50/50
it's based solely on how many hours each person works.

o ok in that case here is the answer

Brian: Pays 57% of the rent
1400 * .57 = 798/month
798 / 4 weeks in a month = 199.5/week
199.5/wk / 40hrs/wk = 4.9875/hour
=4.9875 per hour

Nate: Pays 43% of the rent
1400 * .43 = 602/month
602 / 4 weeks in a month = 150.5/week
150.5/wk / 30hrs/wk = 5.016.....
=5.016

[96Stang]

the problem never says that its based on how much they work...its unnessary information and those guys were right with there answers..if it is definitly not shared 50/50 and its based on how much they work...futuredsmowner is right either way...math is the best...high five!!! lol

[K-Rex]

Am I the only one who read "I have a Meth problem"?

[lownslow95]

i have one thing to say about your problem...math sucks

[Jeffros Spec V]

The answer is they both pay about $5/hour

Nate will end up paying 600 and Brian ends up paying 800

[ITSTOCK]

At any rate, tell your liberal, hippy teacher that things don't work like this in the real world. Tell him/her that welfare sucks, and people shouldn't be getting money for nothing. Tell her that just because you make LESS than someone else, doesn't mean that you should pay LESS for the SAME GOD DAMN THING. Tell her that the REAL ANSWER, not her stupid ****ing mathematical answer, is that they both split rent evenly. They both pay roughly $4.38.

Tell that biotch that this message was brought to him/her by ITSTOCK. :cool:

[drew]

well what kind of living arangment is this, is nate taking advantage of brian or does brian just have the master bedroom or something? why don't the pay an equal ammount?

i don't care how much my roommate makes if he came up with some **** like i'm paying more cause i make more i'd find a new roommate

nate is an asshole

[drew]

At any rate, tell your liberal, hippy teacher that things don't work like this in the real world. Tell him/her that welfare sucks, and people shouldn't be getting money for nothing. Tell her that just because you make LESS than someone else, doesn't mean that you should pay LESS for the SAME GOD DAMN THING. Tell her that the REAL ANSWER, not her stupid ****ing mathematical answer, is that they both split rent evenly. They both pay roughly $4.38.

Tell that biotch that this message was brought to him/her by ITSTOCK. :cool:

amen brother, tell your teacher that that freeloading bastard nate needs REAL JOB

[lagos]

if it costs 8.75 an hour to live there, and you have 2 people, then just divide that number in half.
each person pays about $4.37 per hour.
you can have nate pay the extra penny thats left over, since he works less, and gets to use the house more :)

[ITSTOCK]

lol, GREAT POINT!

[Jeffros Spec V]

if it costs 8.75 an hour to live there, and you have 2 people, then just divide that number in half.
each person pays about $4.37 per hour.
you can have nate pay the extra penny thats left over, since he works less, and gets to use the house more :)

WRONG

Each person doesn't pay the same amount. They pay a rate based on how many hours they work.

[ITSTOCK]

WRONG

Each person doesn't pay the same amount. They pay a rate based on how many hours they work.

How many hours THEY work, or how many hours in the given 8.75/40hour work week? It doesn't say. If you use the given 40hour work week at 8.75/hour, it's 5 and 3.75. If not, well, I don't feel like doing the math. Hell, you could use the how much per 168 hours/week the way the question is worded. It's still wrong out here in the real world.

Tell me, if you were renting a house, making 1000/week, and your friend was making 500/week, would you be okay with him paying 50% of the rent?

HELL NO!

[lagos]

WRONG

Each person doesn't pay the same amount. They pay a rate based on how many hours they work.

was this a math problem that was in an actual book, or something your teacher came up with? cause, the way its worded and the information given, makes it impossible to guess the % they should pay.

you could have one guy working 40hrs a week at Mcdonalds, and the other guy working 30hrs a week as a doctor. it doesnt state how much money each one of them actually pulls in. and regardless of how much you make, most people still pay a 50/50 split. it sounds like a problem your teacher came up with on the fly, and didnt give much thought to.

[88TSI_Rob]

The question doesn't even mention that they are roommates....