Terry earns $10 per hour at Big Bob's Burgers. Jill earns 20% less than Terry and Jerry earns $0.50 more per hour than Jill. Which expression represents how much Jerry earns? (h represents hours)
I don't understand how to solve it and like how to write down the equation
I don't understand how to solve it and like how to write down the equation
1 Answer
May 23, 2018
Jerry earns $8.50/h
Explanation:
Let's express each persons wage as a variable. Terry will be
"Jill earns 20% less than Terry"
Mathematically:
"Jerry earns $0.50 more per hour than Jill"
Since we know a solution for Jill's wage in terms of Terry's, we can substitute that in:
Now, we can solve for Jerry's hourly wage: