SOLUTION: The hourly wage for an employee is 11$ per hour plus an additional $.80 for every unit produced during the hour.The employee earned a total of $23 during the first hour. How many u

Question 135840: The hourly wage for an employee is 11$ per hour plus an additional $.80 for every unit produced during the hour.The employee earned a total of $23 during the first hour. How many units were produced in that hour?

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Found 2 solutions by checkley77, stanbon:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
11+.8X=23
.8X=23-11
.8X=12
X=12/.8
X=15 IS THE NUMBER OF UNITS MADE.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The hourly wage for an employee is 11$ per hour plus an additional $.80 for every unit produced during the hour.The employee earned a total of $23 during the first hour. How many units were produced in that hour?
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Wage = 11 +0.8x where x is the number of units produced
23 = 11+0.8x
0.8x = 12
x = 15
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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