Chapter 4 - Decimals - 4.5 Dividing Decimal Numbers - 4.5 Exercises - Page 305: 35

Darren earned $\$11.92$ per hour of work.

We see that Darren earned $\$476.80$ for 40 hours of work. To find out his earning per hour, we divide: $~~~~~~~~11.92$ $40\overline{)478.80}$ $~~~~~~\underline{40}$ $~~~~~~~~~76$ $~~~~~~~~~\underline{40}$ $~~~~~~~~~368$ $~~~~~~~~~\underline{360}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~80$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{80}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0$ Therefore, Darren earned $\$11.92$ per hour of work.