Question

The Hair Care Salon charges a stylist $30 per day to rent a station at the salon. Rhonda, a stylist, makes $10.50 on each haircut. Write an equation to help her decide how many haircuts she must give in one day to make $138 after paying rent for her station? Then solve the equation.

Answer 1

@TheSmartOne

Answer 2

@pooja195

Answer 3

@fibonaccichick666

Answer 4

@fibonaccichick666 Is not online. @krapp1968

Answer 5

@e.mccormick

Answer 6

Well, what do you think? Obviusly they gave you the numbers, the issue is putting them in the right order and finding the right variable.

Answer 7

I got:
\[10.50h - 30 = $138\]

Answer 8

Yep.

Answer 9

So solve it.

Answer 10

And if I solve for h I get 16 haircuts.

Answer 11

Yep.

And a note on this type of question: Now, sometimes they make these tricky with a decimal. When it is something per each and a minimum, you always round up. Sp, if it had been say "Make at least $140" then it would have been 16.19 so 17 haircuts.

Answer 12

Thank you for your help and the side note!