Question

Artie was paid $75 for serving at a banquet in the restaurant where he works as a cashier. He worked the rest of the week for $7.25 per hour. The equation, y = 7.25x + 75, represents the amount he made that week. How much money did Artie make if he worked 20 hours?

Answer 1

He would make 145 dollars.

Answer 2

$220

Explanation:

Given :

Artie was paid $75 for serving at a banquet in the restaurant where he works as a cashier.

He worked the rest of the week for $7.25 per hour.

The equation, y = 7.25x + 75, represents the amount he made that week.

To Find: How much money did Artie make if he worked 20 hours?

Solution :

The equation that represents the situation : y = 7.25x + 75,

Since we are given that He worked the rest of the week for $7.25 per hour.

So, in equation 7.25x denotes the amount he earns in x hours.

So, x denotes the hours.

Now we are required to calculate How much money did Artie make if he worked 20 hours

⇒y = 7.25*20 + 75

⇒y = $220

Hence Artie make $220 if he worked 20 hours