Question

Aaron wants to buy 2 concert tickets that cost $25.50 each. Aaron's grandfather pays him $4.25 an hour to rake leaves. How many hours does Aaron have to rake leaves to earn the total cost of the tickets?

Answer 1

You are going to times 25.50 together and that's 51 so then you are going to divide 51.00 by 4.25 and that's 12

So the answer is 12

Answer 2

Aaron's goal, or his desired total, would be the cost of both tickets together; $51
Let h be the number of hours Aaron has to work to get $51
Our equation is 4.25h = 51
To find h, we must divide both sides of the equation by 4.25
h = 12
Aaron has to work 12 hours to make $51 at $4.25 a hour