SOLUTION: An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y=0.55x+7(in dollars) find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 13 units per hour.

Question 80518: An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y=0.55x+7(in dollars) find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 13 units per hour.
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
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in which y equals the hourly wage in dollars and x is the number of units produced
per hour.
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You are asked to find the hourly wage of a worker who produces 13 units per hour.
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All you have to do is to refer to the equation and substitute 13 for x. If you do that, you
get:
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Do the multiplication on the right side and the equation becomes:
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Now add the two terms on the right side of the equation to get:
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That's the answer. A worker who produces 13 units per hour earns a wage of $14.15 per hour.
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.
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