Question

Suri makes $15 per hour and gets a weekly bonus of $25. Juan makes $14 per hour and gets a weekly bonus of $50. Is it possible for Suri and Juan to make the same amount of wages, y, by working the same number of hours, x, in one week?

Answer 1

25 hours per week

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

Suri makes $15 per hour and gets a weekly bonus of $25

Juan makes $14 per hour and gets a weekly bonus of $50.

Let the number of hours worked be x

and let the total earned be y

For Surl

The expression for the total is

y= 25+15x-----------1

For Juan

The expression for the total is

y= 50+14x-----------2

Step two:

Equate the two expressions we have

25+15x=50+14x

collect like terms we have

25-50= 14x-15x

-25= -x

x= 25

Yes its is possible that they earned the same amount if they work for 25 hours