Question

Lewis earned $1800 from his summer job at the grocery store. This is $250 more than twice what his friend Tara earned. Right and solve an equation to find out how much Tara earned from her summer job

Answer 1

Answer: Tara earned $775 from her summer job.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the amount of money that Tara earned from her summer job.

Lewis earned $1800 from his summer job at the grocery store. This is $250 more than twice what his friend Tara earned. The equation would be

2x + 250 = 1800

Subtracting 250 from the left hand side and the right hand side of the equation, it becomes

2x + 250 - 250 = 1800 - 250

2x = 1550

Dividing the left hand side and the right hand side of the equation by 2, it becomes

2x/2 = 1550/2

x = 775