Question

Carla is a waitress at Daybreak Diner and she earns $5 for each hour she works. Last week she earned 148 total including $68 tips how many hours did Carla work last week

Answer 1

Answer: 16 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Carla earns $\ 5$ for each hour she works

Last week she earned $148 total including $\ 68$ tip

So, the sum of hourly income and must be equal to the total money earned

Suppose she works for $x$ hours

$\Rightarrow 5x+68=148$

$\Rightarrow 5x=148-68\\\Rightarrow 5x=80\\\Rightarrow x=16\ \text{hours}$

Thus, she works 16 hours last week