Question

a plumber charges $25 per hour on weekdays and $40 per hour on weekends. The plumber billed a total of 190 hours, worth a total of $5275. Let x represent the number of weekend hours worked, and write algebraic expressions for each of parts a-c below

Answer 1

Explanation:

if x is the amount of weekend hours, let y be the amount of weekday hours. then you can solve for x by using the equations x + y = 190 and 49x + 25y = 5275. once you have values for x and y, the other answers should be easy