document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4884>Question 4884</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jason earns $4.00/hour working after school and he earns $6.00/hour working on saturday.  If he works 18 hours in a week and earned $88.00. How many hours did he work on saturday? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it in the following manner\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have to find the number of hours he worked on Saturday ??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of hours be = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now How many hours did he worked in total ??  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yes 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he worked x hours on Saturday --  how many hours in the remaining week ??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18 - x      \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can formulate an equation to find the value of x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First tell me how much he will get for working (18 - x) hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( " YES    (18 - x) * 4          ($4 multiplied by the number of hours worked)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AND for Saturday  he will get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          x * 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO EQN BECOMES     (18 - x)* 4 + x * 6 = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                    18 * 4 - x * 4 + x * 6 = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                      72 - 4x + 6x = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                            2x = 88 - 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                            2x = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                             x = 16/2 = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So he worked for 8 hours on Saturday<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANd remaining (18 - 8) = 10 hours he worked in the remaining week.\r<BR>\n" );
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