SOLUTION: Victor earns $3 an hour working after school and $4 an hour working on saturdays. Last week he earned $43, working a total of 13h. How many hours did he work on saturday?

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: Victor earns $3 an hour working after school and $4 an hour working on saturdays. Last week he earned $43, working a total of 13h. How many hours did he work on saturday? This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by Nate, anumeha:
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
say ~>
x = amount of hours worked after school
y = amount of hours worked on saturday
or
and

plug:

plug:

9 hours worked after school and 4 hours worked on saturday
Answer by anumeha(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let ,no. of hrs he worked on saturday=y
" " " " " " weekdays=x
we have x+y=13
also x=13-y (i)
now,
3x+4y=43
using equation (i)
3(13-y)+4y=43
39-3y+4y=43
y=4
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