You have a babysitting job where the amount you earn is directly proportional to the number of hours you work. what does the constant of variation represent in this situation?

It will represent your hourly rate of pay.

Let's assume

a babysitting job where the amount you earn  as 'A'

number of hours you work  as 't'

now, we are given

You have a babysitting job where the amount you earn is directly proportional to the number of hours you work.

so, we get

where

k is constant of proportionality

now, we can solve for k

so, the constant of variation represents in this situation is the amount you earn per hour............Answer