document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=408701>Question 408701</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Directions: Setting up and solving an algebraic equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that Bob is paid two times his normal hourly rate for each hour he works over 40 hours in a week. Last week he earned $504 for 48 hours of work. What is his hourly wage? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My work:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=hourly wage<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d+48=504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d=456<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=228<BR>\n" );
document.write( "228/40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=5.70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And I don' think that is correct. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8 hours over 40 (48 - 40) are paid at 2d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[40(d)] + [8(2d)] = 504 </SPAN>\n" );
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