Question

Jayden received a $600 signing bonus when he accepted a job as an executive assistant. If he makes $26 an hour, which equation models Jayden's total pay y in dollars as it relates to the number of hours x that he works?

Answer 1

Given, the signing bonus of Jayden = $600.

Jayden makes $26 in an hour.

Jayden works for x hours.

For 1 hour he makes = $26

So for x hours he will make = $$(26)(x)$ = $$(26x)$

So the total pay of Jayden = The sum of the signing bonus and the total pay for x hours.

The total pay of Jayden = $($600+(26x)$)

Given, jayden's total pay = y dollars.

So we can write the equation as $y=600+26x$

we have got the required equation $y= 26x +600$