Thom worked 20 hours last week at the sporting-goods store and earned $155.00. If he continues to earn the same hourly pay, how

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velikii [3]

4 years ago

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Thom worked 20 hours last week at the sporting-goods store and earned $155.00. If he continues to earn the same hourly pay, how

many additional hours must he work to earn another $217.00?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Naddik [55] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-14T08:59:12+03:00

Naddik [55]4 years ago

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On APEX the answer would be a. or just find 28 hours.

Ratling [72] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-14T07:32:13+03:00

Ok so I would set it up like this 20 x
$155 = $217 then cross multiply 20 times 217 = 4340 so you are left with $155x=4340 solve for x, so divide $155 by both sides and get x=28. So Thom has to work 28 extra hours to get $217.00.