## anonymous one year ago Drey makes $10 an hour plus$15 an hour for every hour of overtime. Overtime hours are any hours more than 40 hours for the week. Part A: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, W, for working x hours in a week when there is no overtime. Part B: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, S, for working y hours of overtime. Hint: Remember to include in the equation the amount earned from working 40 hours. Part C: Drey earned $490 in 1 week. How many hours (regular plus overtime) did he work? • This Question is Closed 1. anonymous Can you please help? 2. anonymous mhm well u just have to add and put words in with your answer that make sence 3. anonymous It doesnt make sense to me though 4. anonymous just add the numbers 10 15 and subtrack 40 5. anonymous But it needs an equation for PArt A 6. anonymous oh... 7. anonymous Part A: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, W, for working x hours in a week when there is no overtime. 8. anonymous just what is aid will solve all of them think bout it 9. anonymous Maybe 10x + 15w = 40? 10. anonymous yep 11. anonymous Wait a second what i said is wrong 12. anonymous oh right i forgot something xD 13. anonymous W = Wages earned, x=amount of hours a week without overtime 14. anonymous yeah u put them in the wrong order 15. anonymous 10x + 15(40) = W? 16. anonymous Can someone help please??? 17. anonymous I'll try my best to! Ok so in A we're trying to find the amount of wages earned, W. So we put this at the beginning of the equation. W= Next, we find out that we are working x hours in a week. We already know we make$10 an hour, so add 10x to the equation. W=10x Since there is no overtime, our first equation is finished. Simply W=10x

18. anonymous

Does this make sense?

19. anonymous

Yes

20. anonymous

What about B it doesn't click in my head, maybe like S=15y + 40? or S=15(40) or what?

21. anonymous

You're very close. Now they tell us we worked 40 hours, so let's include that first. We still make \$10 an hour so multiply that by 40. S= 10(40) And here's where you add the 15y S=10(40)+15y.

22. anonymous

And for C, first calculate the maximum amount of money that could be made (without overtime) in a week. To find this, do 10 x 40

23. anonymous

After, subtract that number from 490.

24. anonymous

10 x 40 = 400, 490-400= 90

25. anonymous

Correct! Now take 90 and divide it by 15 to find out how many overtime hours he worked.

26. anonymous

6?

27. anonymous

Yep. So he worked 40 hours, plus 6 more overtime hours. This means that Drey worked a total of 46 hours.

28. anonymous

Thank you. Is there a way I can give u a reward or medal?

29. anonymous

Can you also help me with this? negative 1 over 2 x + 2 = –x + 7

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31. anonymous

And sure

32. anonymous

So like -1/2x + 2 = -x+7

33. anonymous

would i multiply each side by 2/1?

34. anonymous

So like or negative 2/1

35. anonymous

$\frac{ -1 }{ 2x+2}=-x+7$ Wait, is this what your equation looks like?

36. anonymous

no like this $-\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }x+2=-x+7$

37. anonymous

Ah okay. Well first subtract 2 on both sides

38. anonymous

Okay so $-\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }x=-x + 5?$

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40. anonymous

Yes @nathangroup Now you were correct, multiply both sides by the reciprocal of -1/2, which is 2/1

41. anonymous

So -x=-2x + 10?

42. anonymous

then add 2x to both sides

43. anonymous

x = 10?

44. anonymous

Yes!

45. anonymous

Yay!!!! Thank you!

46. anonymous

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