Question

Lynsi made $7. 00 less than Melissa did at work on tuesday. If Melissa makes $5. 20 per hour and she worked x hours,write an algebraic expression to represent the amount of money lynsi earned on tuesday?​

Answer 1

If Melissa makes $5.20 per hour and worked x hours, then she earned 5.20x dollars on Tuesday.

Lynsi made $7.00 less than Melissa, so the amount of money Lynsi made on Tuesday can be represented by the expression:

5.20x - 7.00

Answer 2

If Melissa worked for
`\(x\)` hours and her hourly wage is $5.20, then the total amount of money Melissa earned on Tuesday is
`\(5.20x\)`.

Since Lynsi made $7.00 less than Melissa, we subtract $7.00 from Melissa's earnings to find Lynsi's earnings. Therefore, the algebraic expression representing the amount of money Lynsi earned on Tuesday is
`\(5.20x - 7.00\)`.