Question

A student on a basketball team plans to raise $300 for her team by doing odd jobs for people in her neighborhood. She will charge $8 per hour.

Part A
Write an expression that can be used to calculate how much more money she will still have to earn after working h hours.

Answer 1

ok, so let y be the amount of money she wants

Answer 2

and x be the amount of money per hour

Answer 3

Sorry I meant h hours.

Answer 4

Can the equation be $300 - $8(h) ?

Answer 5

yes, i believe that is correct

Answer 6

And on part B. Can you help me?

Answer 7

sure, what's that?

Answer 8

Using the expression from Part A, calculate how much money the student needs to raise after working 30 hours.

*is it $60?

Answer 9

300-8*30 = 60 indeed

Answer 10

Thanks @zimmah

Answer 11

no problem