document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=113186>Question 113186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have a story problem and I was wondering if anyone could help me out.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y=0.85x +8( in dollars). I need to find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 10 units per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how would I go about doing this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you very much.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #82394 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=82394\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given an hourly wage (call the hourly wage y) formula:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=0.85x +8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where x represents the number of units produced in an hour.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can tell by looking at the right side of this equation that each hour the employee makes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 dollars plus an additional $0.85 (or 85 cents) for each unit he or she produces.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you need to do is to multiply the number of units the employee produces in an hour by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.85 and add 8 dollars to that amount to get the hourly wage.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, substitute the 10 units per hour for x in the given equation and you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 0.85(10) + 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the multiplication on the right side and the equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 8.50 + 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add the two terms on the right side and end up with:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 16.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This tells you that an employee who produces 10 units per hour makes an hourly wage of $16.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.<BR>\n" );
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