Question

John began his job making $20 the first day. After that he was paid $6.00 per hour. Y = 6x + 20. What does x stand for in the equation?

Answer 1

Hi!

+20, is the 20 that he made on the first day
John makes 6 dollars for each hour he works
We don't know how many hours he has worked. So, the number of hours is unknown. We can get the total by doing the amount he earns per hour multiplied by the amount of hours.

So, x is the amount of hours he has worked.

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Answer 2

thank you (:

Answer 3

No problem!