Question

A student's pay of $23 an hour at a new job is $6 more than twice the amount the student earned per hour at an internship. Write and solve an equation to find the hourly pay of the internship.

Answer 1

If the old rate of pay is x and the new rate is y, y = 2x + 6. Y = 23, so: 23 = 2x + 6. 2x = 17. x = 8.5. The hourly pay of the internship is $8.50.