Question

Carmela works at a department store and earns $10.45 per hour. She has $33 removed from every paycheck for medical insurance. If her goal is to earn a gross income of $468.60 in one week, which equation will help Carmela determine the number of hours (h) she must work?

Answer 1

Let's make 1 cent into 1 unit. Set h as the number of hours she must work. So the equation we can set up is 1045h-3300=46860.

( I don't really understand the question because it doesn't tell how many hours you need to have a paycheck. I am assuming that there is 1 paycheck. If you know how many paychecks there are, then set x as the number of paychecks and you get 1045h-3300x=46860. Plug in whatever x is.)