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Question: 24 of 25 lesson 10 write this statement out as an equation and solve. joan is paid 11/2 hours for every hour she works on saturday and 2 hours for every hour worked on sunday; she is paid regular time for the rest of the week. how many hours will she be paid for if she works 40 hours during the week, 8 hours on saturday, and 6 hours on sunday?

Answer 1

She will be paid for 96 hours

(the payment corresponds to work of 96 hours during weekdays)

Explanation:

we have to find out the number of hours the compensation/payment corresponds to.

Now,

for the weekdays,

1 hour of work counts for 1 hour of payment

For saturday,

1 hour of work counts for 11/2 hours of payment

and for Sunday

1 hour of work counts for 2 hours of payment.

This gives the equation,

P = x + (11/2)y + 2z

where x is the number of hours Joan works on weekdays,

y is the number of hours they work on Saturday

z is the number of hours they work on Sunday

Now,

in our case,

x = 40

y = 8

z = 6

then,

P = 40 + (11/2)(8) + 2(6)

P = 96 hours