Answer:
1. Sarah's total pay = (5+3)*w
2. Noah's total pay = 8*w
3. Yes, both of them earned the same amount last week
Step-by-step explanation:
1. We are given that Sarah worked 5 hours on Monday and 3 hours on Tuesday i.e. she worked total (5+3) = 8 hours.
Let, the hourly wage of Sarah be 'w' and the total pay be 's'.
Then, the total pay of Sarah is: s = (5+3)*w
2. Now, Noah worked total 8 hours on Wednesday.
Let, Noah's hourly wage be 'w' and the total pay be 'n'.
Then, the total pay of Noah is: n = 8*w
3. As, the total pay of Sarah = (5+3)*w = 8*w = the total pay of Noah.
Hence, both the expressions are same and they both earned the same amount last week.