Question

Last week, Brianna earned $565.75, which included a $100 bonus. She makes $11.50 an hour. With x representing the number of hours worked, which equation and solution can be used to show how many hours Brianna worked last week?

Answer 1

40.40 if you round. that is what i got but im in k12 so that might not be the correct answer.

Answer 2

The answer is the third option, 11.5x+100=565.75;40.5.

11.5x+100=565.75
-100 -100.00
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11.5x =465.00
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11.5 11.5

x=40.4347