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Natasha worked for part of the year before receiving a raise in her hourly rate of pay. The graph below shows the amount of money she has made this year and the hours she has worked since she received the raise. What was the initial amount of money Natasha made?

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User Yahni
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Unfortunately, I cannot see the graph you are referring to since we are communicating through text. However, based on the information given, we can make some general observations.

We know that Natasha received a raise in her hourly rate of pay at some point during the year. Before the raise, she earned some initial hourly rate of pay. Let's call this initial rate of pay "x". Let's also assume that she worked for "h" hours before receiving the raise, and "k" hours after receiving the raise.

We can write an equation to represent the total amount of money she made this year:

Total amount of money = (initial hourly rate of pay x number of hours worked at the initial rate) + (new hourly rate of pay x number of hours worked at the new rate)

Using the variables we defined earlier, we can write:

Total amount of money = (x × h) + ((x + y) × k)

where y is the increase in her hourly rate of pay after the raise.

We also know that she earned a certain amount of money before the raise. Let's call this amount "M". This means that:

M = x × h

Solving for x, we get:

x = M/h

Substituting this expression for x into the first equation, we get:

Total amount of money = (M + yh) + ((M/h + y) × k)

We don't know the values of M, y, h, or k, so we cannot determine the initial hourly rate of pay x or the total amount of money Natasha made this year. However, we have set up an equation that can be used to solve for these values if we have more information.

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