SOLUTION: I can't figure out this problem. Could you please walk me through it? Percy works 8 hours more per week than Selena. Selena, however, earns $2 more per hour than Percy, who ear

Question 92545This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry-Structure and Method- Book 2
: I can't figure out this problem. Could you please walk me through it?
Percy works 8 hours more per week than Selena. Selena, however, earns $2 more per hour than Percy, who earns $6 per hour. If their weekly pay is the same, how many hours does Percy work per week? This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry-Structure and Method- Book 2

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, identify the following
Selena's hourly rate =
Percy's hourly rate =
Hours per week that Selena works
Hours per week that Percy works
At the very end of the problem, it says that their weekly pay is the same
That's the same as saying

You are given that dollars per hour
and also dollars per hour
So
dollars per hour
Going back to

Percy works 8 hours more per week than Selena, so
, so

and

So, Percy works 32 hours per week
check answer:

OK
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