SOLUTION: Elena works at Fresh Freeze. She works 32 hours and earned $244.80. Write an equation to represent Elena’s earnings, y, or x hours of work.
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Question 945415: Elena works at Fresh Freeze. She works 32 hours and earned $244.80. Write an equation to represent Elena’s earnings, y, or x hours of work. Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x be the hours worked and y be the earnings.
You are told she earned $244.80 for 32 hours work. Let's find her pay rate "x".
Now let's use that $7.65/hour value of x to create the general pay equation
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