Question

Laurie earns $7.50 per hour at the fruit stand plus an extra $2.00 per hour on Sundays. One week in August, she worked on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. She worked the same number of hours on Monday and on Wednesday. On Sunday she worked 4 hours. If she earned a total of $83.00 for the week, how many hours did Laurie work on Monday? Enter and solve an equation.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hi there!

Your answer is:

She worked for 3 Hours on Monday.

Step-by-step explanation:

7.5$ per hour

7.5+2$ per hour on Sundays.

In August:

Sunday, Monday, Wednesday.

# of hours for Monday =Wednesday

Sunday= 4 hrs (which would mean 9.5$ * 4)

Monday and Wednesday will be modeled by X

X + 38$ (earned sunday)= 83$

-38

X= 45$

Since X represents BOTH monday and wednesday, divide by 2

45/2 = 22.5$

CHECK YOUR WORK

22.5$ (monday) + 22.5$ (wednesday) + 38$ (sunday)= 83???

45=38=83???

83=83 YES

Now, to determine how many hours that is, we divide the earned wages by the wage per hour.

22.5 / 7.5 = 3 HOURS

CHECK YOUR WORK

3 hours * 7.5 per hour = 22.5???

22.5 = 22.5 YES

Hope this helps