Question

Josh and Katya both work at a library making $9 per hour if Katya work seven more hours than Josh last week and they made $279 combined how many hours did Katya work​

Answer 1

19 hours

Explanation:

You have 279. First, devide the 279 by 9(dollar amount).

279/9 = 31

So combined they work 31 hours. Subtract 7 from this, since we know Katya worked 7 extra hours. Youll now have 24. (31-7 = 24)

Next, divide this number in half, which will get you what they both worked before Katya worked an extra 7 hours.

24/2 = 12.

Now that we know they both worked 12 hours, we can just add back the 7 hours Katya worked.

12+7 = 19.

So the answer to how many hours katya worked will be:

19 hours