Question

nolan and claire both make money by babysitting. write an equation to find the number of hours (h) of babysitting after which nolan and claire will have the same amount of money nolan has 15.00 he earns 6.00 and hour babysitting Claire has 9.00 and makes 8.00 an hour babysitting

Answer 1

the equation:

$15+6h=9+8h$

solving:

$\begin{gathered} 15+6h=9+8h \\ 15-9=8h-6h \\ 6=2h \\ \frac{6}{2}=h \\ 3=h \end{gathered}$

in 3 hours they will have the same money, that is $33