SOLUTION: sophie earns a salary of $500 per month for working 3 hours a day. in may, sophie worked additional hours at $12 per hour and earned $536 for the month. write an equation to mo

Question 942042: sophie earns a salary of $500 per month for working 3 hours a day. in may, sophie worked additional hours at $12 per hour and earned $536 for the month.
write an equation to model this situation where m is the number of additional hours she worked in may?
find the total number of additional hours she worked in may?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sophie earns a salary of $500 per month for working 3 hours a day.
In may, sophie worked additional hours at $12 per hour and earned $536 for the month.
write an equation to model this situation where m is the number of additional hours she worked in may?
536 = 500 + 12m
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find the total number of additional hours she worked in may?
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12m = 536-500
12m = 36
m = 3 hours
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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