Question

Andrea is saving money for a car. She makes an hour shampooing dogs at the local groomer. After is subtracted from her paycheck she puts of her remaining check in her savings account. Let represent the number of hours Andrea works each week. Write an expression in simplest form that represents the amount of money Andrea saves each week.

Answer 1

Complete question :

Andrea is saving money for a car. She makes $13 an hour shampooing dogs at the local groomer. After 18% is subtracted from her paycheck she puts 50% of her remaining check in her savings account. Let x represent the number of hours Andrea works. Write an expression in simplest form that represents the amount of money Andrea saves each paycheck.

Answer:

$5.33x

Explanation:

Given the following :

Amount earned as a local groomer = $13

Number of hours worked = x

Hence, total amount earned per paycheck = (13 * x) = 13x

Amount saved = 50% of (100% - 18%) of amount earned

= 50% of 82% of 13x

82% of 13x = (0.82 * $13x) = $10.66x

Amount saved = 50% of $10.66x

= 0.5 * $10.66x

= $5.33x