Question

Kendra has a babysitting business that she earns $6 per hour she babysit. She already has $50. She wants to earn enough to buy a new phone for $350. Write an equation that represents how many hours she needs to babysit to earn the money to pay for the phone. How many hours does she have to work. 1- 50 - 6h = 350 ; 57 hours 2- 6 + 50h = 350; 57 hours 3- 6h + 50 = 350 ; 50 hours 4- 350 - 50h = 6 ; 50 hours

Answer 1

You have the following information:

- Kendra earns $6 per hour she babysit.

- Kendra has already $50.

- Kendra wants to buy a phone of $350

In order to determine the equation that represents how many hours Kendra needs to complete $350, name the number of hours she babysit as h. Then, for h hours of work she earns 6h dollars.

The total money Kendra will have for h hours will be 50 + 6h, and she needs to have $350.

Hence, you have the following equation:

6h + 50 = 350

To determine how many hours she needs to work, you solve the previous equation for h:

6h + 50 = 350 subtract both sides by 50

6h = 350 - 50

6h = 300 divide by 6 both sides

h = 300/6

h = 50

Hence, she needs to work 50 hours to have $350

Answer: 6h + 50 = 350; 50 hours