Question

A store manager wants to determine how much to pay her employees. The number of hours the employees work is x, and the hourly wage that they are paid is y. The store manager is willing to pay the employees a wage given by the equation 10y-30x=20 . The business owner states that the employees should be paid a wage given by the equation 6y+30x=60. If the two equations were added then simplified to determine hourly wage, y, how much would the employees be paid?

Answer 1

The employees will work for 1 hour, will earn $5 per hour and will be paid $5

Explanation:

System of Equations

The number of hours the employees work is x.

And the hourly wage that they are paid is y. The store manager is willing to pay the employees a wage given by the equation

10y-30x=20

The business owner states that the employees should be paid a wage given by the equation

6y+30x=60

Adding both equations we have:

16y = 80

Dividing by 16:

y = 80/16 = 5

Substituting into the first equation:

10*5-30x=20

Operating and simplifying:

50-30x=20

50 - 20 = 30x

30x = 30

x = 30/30 = 1

Thus, the employees will work for 1 hour, will earn $5 per hour and will be paid $5