John began his job making $25 the first day. After that he was paid $6.75 per hour.Use the graph you made for the equation for this problem to approximate the answer to the following question: John worked 30 hours after the first day that week. What was his approximate pay, according to your graph?

I got the answer but i need an explanation. thanks.

Question

John began his job making $25 the first day. After that he was paid $6.75 per hour.Use the graph you made for the equation for this problem to approximate the answer to the following question: John worked 30 hours after the first day that week. What was his approximate pay, according to your graph?

I got the answer but i need an explanation. thanks.

anonymous · Answer

He got $25 bucks the first day.
He got paid $6.25 per hour for 30 hours (6.25 x 30) = 187.50
So he made....25 + 187.50 = 212.50
The equation would be: 25 + 6.25(h) = t(total pay)
I am not sure how to do the graph.....sorry, I probably didn't help you much