Question

Can someone help with this fast!?!?!

Trying to get better at doing word problems like this is would help a lot.

Laney made $520 in the salon where she works. She charged $65 per appointment and received $100 in tips, but also had to pay a rental fee for her chair of $12.50 per appointment. Write an equation to represent this situation and solve the equation to determine how many appointments Laney had.

Answer 1

She had 8 appointments

Explanation:

Let x = the number of appointments

65x + 100 - 12.5x = 520 Combine like terms

52.5x + 100 = 520 Subtract 100 from both sides

52.5x + 100 - 100 = 520 - 100

52.5x = 420 Divide both sides by 52.5

`(52.5x)/(52.5)` =
`(420)/(52.5)`

x = 8

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