Question

Jane earns $10 per hour babysitting she also earned a one time fee of $40 she earns a total of $100 Write and solve and equation to find how many hours Jane worked to $100 total

Answer 1

6 hours

Explanation:

Let the number of hours that Jane worked = x

Jane earns $10 per hour babysitting she also earned a one time fee of $40 she earns a total of $100

Using the straight line equation

y = mx + C

y = Total fees that she earned = $100

x = number of hours she worked = ??

C = One time fee = $40

m = Amount paid per hour = $10

Therefore,

$100 = $10 × x + $40

100 = 10x + 40

Subtract 40 from both sides

100 - 40= 10x + 40 - 40

60 = 10x

x = 60/10

x = 6 hours

The number of hours Jane worked to earn $100 total is 6 hours