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Nia works as a waiter at a local restaurant. On Friday night, she earned her base wage of $12 an hour. In addition, she brought home $85 worth of tips. If Nia made a total of $163 on Friday night, how many hours did she work?

Let h represent the number of hours Nia worked on Friday.

Write an equation that represents this scenario.

User Manna
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Answer:

The answer is 6.5 hour because

Explanation:

take 163 - 85= 78 dollars then you take

78÷12=6.5 then now just to know that its correct take

6.5×12=78

then add 78+85=163

now you have your answer hope it helps

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