I believe you would need to divide 123.75 by 7.50.
The equation would look something like this:
7.50x=123.75
Where x = # of hours worked
123.75 / 7.50 = 16.5
so x = 16.5
You worked for 16.5 hours
Y= x^2
Are you trying to graph the problem to??
X,=-(5±✓25-36) ,/ 2
x={-5±✓-11)/2
x= -5/2 ± i✓11/2