Question

olivia works 4 hours more each week then her coworker lily. olivia works a total of 32 hours every 2 weeks. how many hours each week does lily work?

Answer 1

Answer:

12 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of hours Lily works each week be x.

This implies that of Olivia's is

x+4.

We were also told that for every two weeks, Olivia works a total of 32 hours.

This implies that

2(x+4)=32

We divide through by 2

$\implies \frac{2(x + 4)}{2} = \frac{32}{2}$

$\implies x+ 4 = 16$

We subtract 4 from both sides

$\implies x+ 4- 4= 16 - 4$

$\implies x=12$

Hence Lily works 12 hours each week.