Question

Caroline works 18 hours a week at a restaurant and earns $8.25 per hour. She also earns tips, which are 15% of her food sales. In one week, she earned $263.25.

Write an equation to find x, her total food sales for that week.
8.25 (FILL IN THE ANSWER) + (FILL IN THE ANSWER)x = 263.25

A. 0.15
B. 0.18
C. 8.25
D. 15
E. 18

Answer 1

she earns 14.28 per hour and 6.75 each time.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The equation to find Caroline's total food sales is 8.25x + 0.15x = 263.25.

To find the equation to determine Caroline's total food sales, we need to understand that her total earnings are a combination of her hourly wage and her tips. Let's set up the equation step by step:

The equation should begin with her base earnings: $8.25 multiplied by the number of hours she works, which is x.

Then, we add her tips, which are 15% of her food sales. This can be represented as 0.15x.

Finally, we set the equation equal to her total earnings of $263.25.

Putting it all together, the equation is: 8.25x + 0.15x = 263.25.

Therefore, the answer is option A. 0.15.