SOLUTION: Sophie earns a salary of $650 per month for working 6 hours a day. In May, Sophie worked additional hours at $12 per hour and earned $722 for the month. Write an equation to model

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Question 1145377: Sophie earns a salary of $650 per month for working 6 hours a day. In May, Sophie worked additional hours at $12 per hour and earned $722 for the month. Write an equation to model this situation where r is the number of additional hours she worked in May.
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
722-650=72
72/12=6 hours
Combine them to get your equation

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