SOLUTION: what equations can i use to represent the starting hourly wage if y is the income and x is the hours worked?

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Question 540204: what equations can i use to represent the starting hourly wage if y is the income and x is the hours worked?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Say you earn 7 dollars an hour.

If you work for 5 hours, then you earn 7*5 = 35 dollars


If you work for 10 hours, then you earn 7*10 = 10 dollars

etc...


In general, if you work for x hours, then you earn 7x dollars


So if y is the income, then y = 7x


Now you can replace that 7 with whatever your starting wage is. So you can have something like y = 9x to represent your income at $9 an hour.


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