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Noah gets paid $6 per hour to babysit his nephew. This weekend, he babysat on both Saturday and Sunday. He made a total of $72. Noah babysat for 10 hours on Sunday. For how many hours did he babysit on Saturday? Let x = hours spent babysitting on Saturday. Choose the equation and solution steps that correctly represent this problem.​

Noah gets paid $6 per hour to babysit his nephew. This weekend, he babysat on both-example-1
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Answer:He babysat for 2 hours on Saturday

Step-by-step explanation: First he babysat for 10 hours on Sunday and got $6 per hour, times 6 by 10. Now you know he got $60 on Sunday, the total amount of money he got was $72 so add $12 with how much he got on sunday to get the total. Divide 12 with 6 and you get 2 because thats how many hours he did

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