Anthony got a job babysitting. Each hour he works he will be paid $8.00. As a bonus, he will earn an additional $1.50 per hour for each child he watches. If his total hourly rate is $12.50, how many children does he watch? Write an equation in the form px + q=r to represent this problem. (2 points)

Question

Anthony got a job babysitting. Each hour he works he will be paid $8.00. As a bonus, he will earn an additional $1.50 per hour for each child he watches. If his total hourly rate is $12.50, how many children does he watch? Write an equation in the form px + q=r to represent this problem. (2 points)

Answer 1

Let c be the number of children Anthony watches. Then his total hourly rate can be represented by the equation 8 + 1.5c = 12.50.

Answer 2

Let's use x to represent the number of children Anthony watches.

His base pay rate is $8.00 per hour.
His additional pay rate for each child he watches is $1.50 per hour.

So, his total hourly rate can be calculated using the equation:
12.50 = 8.00 + 1.50x

This equation represents the problem, where px + q = r:
8.00 + 1.50x = 12.50

Answer 3

To solve this problem, we need to analyze the information given and form an equation. Let's break down the information:

Each hour Anthony works, he will be paid a base rate of $8.00.
In addition to the base rate, he earns an additional $1.50 per hour for each child he watches.
His total hourly rate is $12.50.

Let x represent the number of children Anthony watches.
Therefore, he will earn $1.50*x in addition to his base rate of $8.00.

Using this information, we can form the following equation in the form:
px + q = r:

8.00 + 1.50x = 12.50

In this equation, px represents the total base pay and bonus earned, and r represents the total hourly rate.

Now, we can solve the equation to find the value of x, which represents the number of children Anthony watches.