Question

Angela earns x dollars an hour. On Friday, she worked 6 hours. On Saturday, she worked 8 hours. Which expression shows how much she earned both days ?
A. 6x + 8
B. 8x x 6x
C. (6 + 8)x
D.6 + 8 / x

Answer 1

Each hour she works, she earns $x$ dollars.

The first day, she worked 6 hours, so she'd earn $6x$ dollars.
The second day, she worked 8, so she'd earn $8x$.
Together, she'd have earned $6x+8x$ dollars.
 You could add the number of hours she worked first and then multiply by $x$ to get the same result. This would look like $(6+8)x$.