A store manager wants to determine how much to pay her employees. The number of hours the employees work is x. and the hourly wage that they are paid is y. The store manager is willing to pay the employees a wage given by the equation 10y30x=20. The business owner states that the employees should be paid a wage given by the equation 6y+30=60. If the two equations were added then simplified to determine hourly wage. y. how much would the employees be paid?
To solve this, we can add the two equations:
10y + 30x = 20
6y + 30 = 60
Adding these two equations gives:
16y + 30x = 80
Now, we can simplify this equation to solve for y:
16y = 80 - 30x
y = (80 - 30x) / 16
Therefore, the employees would be paid a wage of (80 - 30x) / 16.