Question

Maia and John both earn $15 an hours their job. This week Mais worked three hours more than John. If "h" represents the number of hours John worked, and in total they earned $195, how many hours did each person work?

Answer 1

John worked:5 and maris worked: 8

Answer 2

John: 5 Mais :8

Explanation:

h = 195 ÷ 15, so they both worked a total of 13 hours.

13 - 3 as Mais worked 3 hours more than John and then divide 10 by 2, so John worked 5 hours are Mais worked 5+3 [8] hours.