Jordan saved 4/5 of the amount he needs to buy a $80 video game. If he earns $7.75 per hour by working at a pizza shop, how many hours does he need to work to save the rest of the money for the video game?

1 Answer
Jun 25, 2016

13

Explanation:

Earn $7.75 per hour but use 4/5 parts
Goal: get a$80 video game

Assume he needs x hours to get a video game
So it can be written as
(7.75*4/5)x>80
=6.2x>80
=x>12.90.....
So x should be13