Question

saida and meike know from last year that you lost $ 30 at the fair. How many hours does Tom have to work to earn as much money as he would earn $ 2.75 per hour?

Answer 1

$27.25

Explanation:

$30.00 - $2.75= $27.25

Answer 2

10 hours 55 minutes

Explanation:

Saida and meike lose $30 and Tom must earn $30 by working for $2.75 dollars an hour. Let x be the number of ours Tom must work. We can write an equation for the total amount of moeny Tom will make working x amount of hours:

`30=2.75\cdot{x}`

We solve for x:

`30/2.75=x`

`x=10.91`

Therefore he must work 10 hours and 55 minutes (91% of an hour) to earn $30.