Question

Susan works as a Hostess where she makes $8.75 per hour she also babysitting earns $10 per hour last week she made $165 if she works 6 hours more as a Hostess than she did babysitting how many hours did she babysit last week?

Answer 1

6 hours as babysitter last week

1) Gathering the data

Hostess

8.75h

Babysitting

10h

2) Based on that, we can write out the following equation, considering that Susan worked 6 hours more:

8.75(h+6) +10h= 165 Distribute the factor 8.75

8.75h +52.5 +10h = 165 Combine like terms

18.75h = 165 -52.5 Subtract from both sides 52.5

18.75h = 112.5 Divide both sides by 18.75

h =6

3) Hence, we can conclude that Susan worked as a hostess for 12 hours and as a baby sitter 6 hours last week