Question

the coffee shop owner explains that you are paid $8/hour and receive a $125 bonus each month for being the manager if the owner hands you a check for $2,501, how many hours did you work this month?write an equation then solve

Answer 1

@Nnesha

Answer 2

@Vocaloid @563blackghost @Shadow

Answer 3

Do you have an idea of how you would approach this?

Answer 4

@fairy

Answer 5

nuh

Answer 6

What is our unknown in this problem? What are we trying to solve for?

Answer 7

how many hours did i work this month?

Answer 8

Exactly. Let's represent "hours you worked this month" with the variable x

Since it tells us "this month" we know that you only worked one month total.

Therefore the hours you worked this month, multiplied by 8, plus 125, should come out to 2501.

Answer 9

Can you write an equation for me illustrating that?

Answer 10

That's the tricky part ):

Answer 11

Hours you worked "x" times 8 plus 125 equals 2,501

Answer 12

8x+125=2,501 ?

Answer 13

Correct, now just solve for the unknown :)

Answer 14

how do you do that '-'

Answer 15

Solve for x?

Answer 16

ye

Answer 17

You don't know how to solve for x?

Answer 18

nuh

Answer 19

Okay, give me a moment to finish something up :)

Answer 20

thank you T^T

Answer 21

So have you ever solved for x before...?

Answer 22

Done anything like it?

Answer 23

is the answer 297 by any chance?

Answer 24

How did you get that number?

Answer 25

2501-125=2377/8=297

Answer 26

Did you do that by yourself?

Answer 27

i tried is it wrong? ):

Answer 28

No, it is correct. You know how to solve for x :)

Answer 29

I just wanted to make sure you did it, and know how it works. Solving for x is a foundational concept for Algebra.

Answer 30

haha thank you (:

Answer 31

No problem :)