You have two summer jobs. in the first job, you work 28 hours per week and earn $7.25 pre hour. in the second job, you earn $6.50 per hour and can work as amny hours as you want. if you want to earn $255 per week, how many hours must you work on your second job?
2006-09-02 07:22:46 · 15 answers · asked by J.r. 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Seeing as you work 28 hrs per week for the fist and get paid 7.25, its...
28
x 7.25
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Which then equals $203. To get the remaining 52 dollars, divide 52 by 6.5.
The answer is 8.
You should really do this stuff yourself.
2006-09-02 07:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats really easy & i am in algebra 1 but whatever so....
first job : 28 hours per week, 7.25 per hour = 28(7.25)= $203
second job: as many hours u want, 6.50 per hour= ...
you want $255 per week= $255 - $203= $52 so you need $52 dollars form your second job so
$52 / $6.50= 8 hours
answer = you need to work 8 hours on your second job!
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2006-09-02 14:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by tif 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me see if I got this right..
In your first job you make $203 dollars($7.25 x 28)
Then to reach the sum of $255, you work for 8 hours in the second job($6.50 x 8)
(7.25 x 28) + (6.50 x ?) = 255~~~Simplify
203 + (6.50 x ?) = 255~~~Subtract
6.50 x ?=52~~~Divide
?=8~~~Solution
*This doesn't seem like Algebra 2, it seems like Aritmetic.
2006-09-02 14:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by darktorcher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
28 times 7.25=203 , 255- 203=52 , 52 divided by 6.50 = 8 eight hours is the answer.
2006-09-02 14:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by UnSpun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8
2006-09-02 14:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by jonijuggsoncam 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry man, that's more like 6th grade math.
All you gotta do is find how much you earn per week from your first job, subtract that from $255
Then divide that number by the hourly pay of the second job to find the hours you would need to work.
I bet my 4th grade daughter could figure that out!
2006-09-02 14:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by powhound 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay, let's see...
Let your second job's weekly working hours be x.
28*7.25 is your first job's weekly pay
Your second job's weekly pay is x*6.5
You want to earn 255 weekly, so:
28*7.25+6.5x=255
203+6.5x=255
6.5x=52
x=52/6.5
x=8
So you must work 8 hrs weekly in your second job if you want a 255 weekly pay all together.
2006-09-02 14:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Mysterious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its simple, i did it in thirty sec in my head, an my 12 yrold kid did it too.heres da work:
1)7.25*28=203
2)255-203=52
3)52/6.5=8 hrs a week
2006-09-02 14:29:54 · answer #8 · answered by joe c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 hrs
2006-09-02 14:26:46 · answer #9 · answered by ~sugar lips~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think 8 more hours
2006-09-02 14:27:47 · answer #10 · answered by Wish E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋