Question

Juan makes $15 an hour and gets a weekly bonus of $25. Steven makes $14 an hour and gets a weekly bonus of $50.Write an equation to represent Juan's earnings (y), as a function of his hours worked (x).

Answer 1

From the information provided;

The hours worked earns $15 per hour which means the total earnings would be;

$\begin{gathered} x=\text{hours worked} \\ \text{earnings}=15 \end{gathered}$

Weekly earnings would now be;

$\text{Weekly}=15x$

He also makes a weekly bonus which is $25.

The addition of both would now make up his weekly earnings.

Therefore, Juan's earnings (y) as a function of his hours worked (x), would now be;

$y=15x+25$

ANSWER:

The equation to represent Juan's earnings would now be;

$y=15x+25$