Question

Havi wants to buy a phone that costs 800.00 and trade her old phone in for 150.00 and she is about to start a new job for 12.00an hour so how many hours will she need to work before she gets new phone

Answer 1

55 hours

Explanation:

We can write an equation:

800=12x+150

And we can solve for x this way:

800=12x+150

subtract 150 from both sides

650=12x

divide both sides by 12

54.1666...=x

So, she will need to work 55 hours to get a new phone. Unless the job that she works at pays her for half hour shifts, she needs to work 55 hours so she can buy the new phone. She will have a little extra money left over too.