Question

Denise earns $30 an hour. She works 40 hours per week. A. Create and solve an expression to represent how much money Denise earns in a week. *

Answer 1

y = 30x

y will represent how much she earns in a week.

x will be the number of hours she works in a week.

When x = 40, the expression looks like y = (30)(40) = 1200

Answer 2

Denise will earn $350 per week. The expression is 30 + 40 = 70. Denise will earn $70.

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