This week leo worked (x+3) hours at a pizzeria. He is paid (x-3) dollars per hour. Leo's friend frankie earned wored the same number of hours,but he is paid (x-4) dollars per hour. Enter an expression for the total amount paid to the two workers. Then find the total amount if x = 17
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
This week leo worked (x+3) hours at a pizzeria. He is paid (x-3) dollars per hour. Leo's friend frankie earned wored the same number of hours,but he is paid (x-4) dollars per hour
Determine the expression for the total amount paid for the two workers.
Solution:
Determine first the number of hours by substituting the value of x to the equation x + 3.
= x + 3
= 17 + 3
= 20 hours
The total time for each worker is 20 hours, hence we can represent it as,
Leo = 20( x -3)
Leo's friend = 20(x - 4)
To find for their payment, we substitute 17 to the value of x.
Leo:
=20(17 - 3)
= 20(14)
=280
Leo's friend:
=20(17 -4)
=20(13)
=260