Question

Your profit for mowing lawns this week is $24. You are paid $8 per hour and you paid $40 for gas for the lawn mower. How many hours did you work this week?

Answer 1

8 hours is the answer. All you have to do is add 40 to you profit of 24 and then divide 64 by 8 and the you get 8 hours.

Answer 2

Answer: 8 hours

Explanation:

Given: profit for mowing lawns this week is
`\$24`. You are paid
`\$8` per hour and you paid
`\$40` for gas for the lawn mower.

To Find: How many hours did you work this week.

Solution:

Total profit for mowing lawns this week
`=\$24`

Hourly payment for mowing lawn
`=\$8`

Amount paid for gas for lawn mower
`=\$40`

Let total hours in week we worked
`=\text{x}`

Now,

Total profit made
`=\text{hourly payment} * \text{Total hours worked}-\text{Amount paid for gas}`

`\text{Total profit}=\text{x}*8-40`

putting values,

`24=8\text{x}-40`

`8\text{x}=64`

`\text{x}=(64)/(8)`

`\text{x}=8`

Therefore we mowed lawns for
`8`
`\text{hours}` this week.