Question

Natalle is a softball coach. She has a pitching private lesson with Kasey. Kasey's mom pays Natalle $11 per hour plus a $6 tip. Write an equation that represents this scenario if the total cost was $39.

Answer 1

$11t\text{ + 6 = 39}$

where t is the number of hours worked by Natalle

Here, we want to write an equation that will represent the given scenario

Let the number of hours for which she earned the pay be t

From the question, she earns $11 per hour

So for t hours, the amount earned excluding the tip will be;

$(11\times t)\text{ = \ 11t}$

Now, let us add the tip and equate to the total amount earned

We have this as;

$11t\text{ + 6 = 39}$