Question

A doctors pay of $86 an hour at her job is $10 more than four times the amount the medical assistant earns. Write and solve an equation to find the hourly pay of the assistant.

Answer 1

86= 4*x + 10

where x is the hourly pay of the assistant.

if you solve it you find that x= 19$ per hour

Answer 2

4x+10=86
(subtract 10 from both sides)
4x=76
(divide both sides by 4)
x=19