SOLUTION: Lisa earned $3.25 per hour at her after-school job. Each week she earned $26. Enter and solve an equation to show how many hours she worked each week. Let h represent the variable.

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Question 1123089: Lisa earned $3.25 per hour at her after-school job. Each week she earned $26. Enter and solve an equation to show how many hours she worked each week. Let h represent the variable.
can you tell me the equation and the hours she worked
Found 2 solutions by Theo, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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h represents the hours that she worked.

she makes 3.25 per hour.

she makes 26 dollars each week.

your formula is:

3.25 * h = 26.00

divide both sides of this equation by 3.25 to get:

h = 26.00 / 3.25

solve for h to get h = 8

she works 8 hours each week.

8 * 3.25 = 26.00


Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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$3.25 per hour, wages $26. h hours of work.

3.25%28dollars%2Fhour%29%2Ah%2A%28hours%29=26%2Adollars

3.25h=26