Question

Janelle babysat for 6 hours at an hourly rate. After she got paid she spent $12 at Walmart. She came home with $36. How much money did she make per hour?


Please explain with steps :)

Answer 1

Answer:

$8/hour

Step-by-step explanation:

We will start by finding how much money she made before spending it. The amount of money she took home added to how much money she spent will give us this. ($12 + 36 = 48$). This means she made $48 before spending it.

Now we can solve for her wage. Let $x$ be her hourly wage

(the 6 is the number of hours she worked, this multiplied by her wage should give us 48)

$6x = 48\\x = 8$

This means that she made $8/hour.

That is the answer

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