Question

Rita and Tina each make $11 an hour working as cashiers at a supermarket. Last week, Rita worked r hours while Tina worked t hours. Rita also worked overtime hours during the week, for which she was paid an extra $32 flat wage. Which expressions represent the total weekly wages of both Rita and Tina?

Rita and Tina's total weekly wages can be represented in what three ways

Answer 1

Rita's pay plus the overtime hrs, plus Tina's pay equals the total weekly wages(w)
[(11r) + 32] + 11t = w
That's one of the ways
Also, Rita's pay plus Tina's pay = weekly wages plus Rita's overtime hours pay
11r + 11t = w +32

Technically you just have to put the variables in the right places for it to make sense for the word problem
You can do the last example Good Luck!

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Answer 2

Rita and Tina's total weekly wages can be represented as
`11r+32+11t` or
`11(r+t)+32`

Explanation:

Rita worked r hours while Tina worked t hours. Both make $11 an hour working as cashiers. Rita was paid $32 as overtime wage. So, we can say:

Rita's total wages = 11r + 32

Tina's total wages = 11t

Combined total of both can be written as :

`11r+32+11t` or
`11(r+t)+32`