SOLUTION: Anthony is saving up to purchase a Play station III which costs $400. He currently has $125 in his savings account, and his parents agree to pay him $5 per hour for helping out wit

Question 1172253: Anthony is saving up to purchase a Play station III which costs $400. He currently has $125 in his savings account, and his parents agree to pay him $5 per hour for helping out with chores around the house. Which equation below can be used to find “h” the amount of hours Anthony needs to work in order to afford the Play station III?
Found 2 solutions by Theo, MathTherapy:
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the play station costs 400
he has 125 saved up so far.
he makes 5 per hour for helping out with chores around the house.
the equation to solve this is:
y = 125 + 5x
y is the amount of money he needs to save up for.
x is the number of hours he works.
since y = 400, the equation becomes:
400 = 125 + 5x
subtract 125 from both sides of this equation to get:|
275 = 5X
divide both sides of this equation by 5 to get:
275/5 = x
solve for x to get:
x = 55 hours.
confirm by replacing x in the original equation with 55 to get:
400 = 125 + 5 * 55
simplify to get:
400 = 400
this confirms he solution is correct.\
the solution is the he needs to work for 55 hours to get a total of 400 dollars saved up so that he can purchase the play station III.

Answer by MathTherapy(10557) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Anthony is saving up to purchase a Play station III which costs $400. He currently has $125 in his savings account, and his parents agree to pay him $5 per hour for helping out with chores around the house. Which equation below can be used to find “h” the amount of hours Anthony needs to work in order to afford the Play station III?

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