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A doctors pay of $86 an hour at her job is $10 more than four times the amount the medical assistant earns. Write and solve an equation to find the hourly pay of the assistant.
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A doctors pay of $86 an hour at her job is $10 more than four times the amount the medical assistant earns. Write and solve an equation to find the hourly pay of the assistant.

User Mschaef
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86= 4*x + 10

where x is the hourly pay of the assistant.

if you solve it you find that x= 19$ per hour
User TheArchitect
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4x+10=86
(subtract 10 from both sides)
4x=76
(divide both sides by 4)
x=19
User Ru Chern Chong
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