Question

Jamie works at Hollister. She earns $5 per item sold. She also makes $5.50 per hour. On Sunday, she sold 12 items and made a total of $101.25 for the day. How many hours did she work?

Answer 1

7.5?

Answer 2

If she sold 12 items and makes 5 dollars per item. You could multiply both of those and gets the amount of money she made from selling clothes alone, what number do you get

Answer 3

60.

Answer 4

take what you get from that and do 101.25-(5*12) and divide that number by 5.5 (hourly wage) to find how many hours she worked

Answer 5

so 101.25-60

Answer 6

41.25+60=101.25
41.25/5.5=7.5

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

You had the right answer, just wanted you had a clear reasoning of how you got it. Hope I helped, tag me if you need any more help and goodluck with your homework!