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Maria has a job at the local store and earns $5 per hour. She spends one-third of each paycheck on books. If y represents the number of hours she works in a pay period , which expression represents the amount in dollars that she spends on books in each pay period?

A.) 3 times 5y

B.) 5/y times 3

C.) 5y/3

D.) 5y - 3

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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]

Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

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