Question

write a expression to find the amount of money you will earn in a day if you are paid $10.25 a hour and $4.00 round trip to get to and from work.

Answer 1

If h is the number of hours you workey per day, and you earn $10.25 per hour, then, 10.25h is what you earn in a day due to the work.

However, you spend $4.00 round trip to get to and from work.

Hence, the expression to calculate the money you earn per day is given by:

`10.25h-4`