Question

Kaitlin earns $6.50 for each hour she works. On Friday she worked for 3 hours. She also worked on Saturday. If she earned a total of $52.00 for the two days of work, how many hours did she work on Saturday?

Answer 1

5 hours

Explanation:

`$6.50(3)+$6.50x=$52.00`
`$19.50+$6.50x=$52.00`
`$6.50x=$32.50`
`x=5`

Answer 2

Kaitlin worked `5` hours on Saturday.

Explanation:

Let `x` equal the amount of hours Kaitlin works. Kaitlin's work can be modeled by the equation
`$6.50x=$52.00`. To find the hours worked, we can isolate `x` by dividing each side by `$6.50$` which gives us
`x=8`.
Therefore, Kaitlin worked 8 hours total. Subtract the 3 hours she worked on Friday:
`8-3=5`. Kaitlin worked 5 hours on Saturday.