Question

Shawn erned 5 dallors an hour mowing lawns pluse 10 welkly allounce from his parents what minmin number of hours he needs to mow in order to have enuf money to buy 75 dallars par of basketball sheows

Answer 1

13 hours

Explanation:

Since Shawn mows lawns at a rate of 5 dollars an hour, if he mows for t hours, he earns 5t dollars. Also, he gets 10 dollars weekly allowance from his parents. Thus, the total amount he earns per week is thus 10 + 5t.

Since he needs to earn enough to buy 75 dollars pair of basketball shoes, the amount he earns must equal the price of the shoes. So,

10 + 5t = 75

We now solve for t to find the amount of hours if takes him to earn enough to buy the shoes.

So,

10 + 5t = 75

Subtracting 10 from both sides, we have

10 - 10 + 5t = 75 - 10

5t = 65

dividing both sides by 5, we have

t = 65/5

t = 13 hours

So, it takes Shawn 13 hours to earn enough to buy the shoes.