Juan makes $6.50 an hour plus an extra $15.25 per week. Last week he earned $47.75. Look at this equation that represents Juan's earnings ;ast week.
6.50h+15.25=$47.75
How many hours did Juan work?
subtract 15.25 from each side.
divide each side by 6.50
h=??
To find the number of hours Juan worked, we can use the given equation:
6.50h + 15.25 = 47.75
First, we want to isolate the variable h, which represents the number of hours Juan worked. To do that, we subtract 15.25 from both sides of the equation:
6.50h = 47.75 - 15.25
6.50h = 32.50
Next, we need to solve for h, so we divide both sides of the equation by 6.50 to isolate h:
h = 32.50 / 6.50
h = 5
Therefore, Juan worked for 5 hours last week.