Problema Solution
A waiter earns a salary of $500per month for working 4hours a day. In May, he worked additional hours at $10per hour and earned $650for the month.
Write an equation to model this situation where xis the number of additional hours he worked in May.
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let
y = the money earned in May
x = the number of additional hours he worked in May
y = 500 + 10x
if he earned $650 in may we have y = 650 or
500 + 10x = 650
x = (650 - 500)/10
x = 15 hr
in May the waiter worked 15 additional hours.