SOLUTION: I can not figure this equation out....I am hoping you guys can show me how.. At Alices Restaurant the waiters are paid twice as much per hour as the bus boys and the busboys are

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Question 73432: I can not figure this equation out....I am hoping you guys can show me how..
At Alices Restaurant the waiters are paid twice as much per hour as the bus boys and the busboys are paid twice as much per hour as the dishwashers. If there are 8 waiters 4 busboys and 3 dishwashers at the restaurant and the dishwashers are paid x dollars per hour which of he following algebraic functions can be used to calculate the total pauroll for the restaurant?
12x
15x
22x
28x
43x
Thankyou for your help in advance.
Answer by Cintchr(481) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lets see how this table works out :)

Given ........ Pay .. * .. # workers .. = .. total
3 dish ....... x .. * .. 3 .. = .. 3x
4 bus ........ 2x .. * .. 4 .. = .. 8x
8 waiters .... 2(2x) .. * .. 8 .. = .. 32x

3x + 8x + 32x = 43x