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Terry earns $10 per hour at Big Bob's Burgers. Jill earns 20% less than Terry and Jerry earns $0.50 more per hour than Jill. Which expression represents how much Jerry earns? (h represents hours)

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The answer is 8.5h

Terry 10h

Jill 10(1.0 - 0.20)h

Jerry 10(1.0 - 0.20)h + 0.50h

thus, Jerry earns

10(1.0 - 0.20)h + 0.50h

10(0.80)h + 0.50h

8h + 0.50h

8.5h

User Chinenye
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The answer to this question is

h=8.50h
h is the amount of hours.

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