Question

Last week, Lindsay earned $10 per hour plus a $60 bonus for good job performance. She spends of her paycheck on dinner with friends. If she had not earned the bonus, the amount she spent on dinner would have been of her paycheck. Which equation can be used to find h, the number of hours Lindsay worked last week?

A) (10h + 60) = (10h)
B) (10h + 60h) = (10h)
C) h(10 + 60) = h(10)
D) (10 + 60h) = (10h)

Answer 1

Option (a) is correct.

(10h + 60) = 10h

Explanation:

Given : Lindsay earned $10 per hour plus a $60 bonus for good job performance. also ,

She spends of her paycheck on dinner with friends. If she had not earned the bonus, the amount she spent on dinner would have been of her paycheck.

We have to write an equation that can be used to find h, the number of hours Lindsay worked last week.

Since, she worked for h hours.

Given she earned $10 per hours plus a $60 bonus.

So, total money she earned = 10h + 60

Also, given she spend of her paycheck on dinner with friends.

and she had not earned the bonus, the amount she spent on dinner would have been of her paycheck.

That is 10h is her paycheck.

So we can find h by equation

(10h + 60) = 10h

Therefore, Equation (10h + 60) = 10h can be used to find h, the number of hours Lindsay worked last week.

Answer 2

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "A) (10h + 60) = (10h)." Last week, Lindsay earned $10 per hour plus a $60 bonus for good job performance. She spends of her paycheck on dinner with friends. If she had not earned the bonus, the amount she spent on dinner would have been of her paycheck.