Question

Matt earns $6 per hour spreading mulch and $4 per hour pulling weeds last week mat spent 3 hours spreading mulch and 2 hours pulling weed how many money did Matt earn?

Answer 1

From the word problem, we know that:

• Matt earns $6 per hour spreading mulch

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• Matt earns $4 per hour pulling weeds

Since Matt spent 3 hours spreading mulch, we can find his earnings multiplying 3 by $6.

`3\cdot\text{\$}6=\text{\$}18`

Since Matt spent 2 hours pulling a weed, we can find his earnings multiplying 2 by $4.

`2\cdot\text{\$}4=\text{\$}8`

Finally, we add up Matt's earnings from doing both activities.

`\text{\$}18+\text{\$}8=\text{\$}26`

Therefore, last week Matt earned $26.