Question

Time has a total of $28 after spending half of his weekly earnings on a video game and earning $10 additional dollars for mowing the lawn. How much is his weekly earnings at his part time job?

Answer 1

Given:

Time has a total of $28 after spending half of his weekly earnings on a video game and earning $10 additional dollars for mowing the lawn.

To find:

Weekly earnings at his part time job.

Solution:

Let x be the weekly earning.

He spend half of his weekly earning, i.e., $\dfrac{x}{2}$

He earns $10 additional dollars for mowing the lawn.

According to the question,

$\dfrac{x}{2}+10=28$

$\dfrac{x}{2}=28-10$

$\dfrac{x}{2}=18$

Multiply both sides by 2.

$x=36$

Therefore, his weekly earnings is $36.