Answer:
14 hours
Explanation:
Let x be the number of hours open on each of the four days (because it is six days per week) that are not Saturday or Sunday.
Thus, the total number of hours on those days would be 4x. Then, we are told that Sam's Soups are open 2 hours longer on Saturdays and Sundays, so that would be x + 2. There are two of those days, so that would be 2(x + 2). Since all of these hours total 76, we have our equation:
4x + 2(x + 2)= 76
4x+ 2x + 4 = 76
6x=72
x = 12
Remember, 12 hours is the number of hours that Sam's Soups is open on days that are not Saturday and Sunday. Those days are x
+ 2. Thus, that is 12 + 2 = 14 hours.