Question

Melissa has a total of $250 in her savigns account. She started with $110 and then earned the rest of her savings by babysitting. Melissa charges $7 per hour. Write an equation to represent the situation and determine the number of hours (h) she babysat last week.

Answer 1

Number of hours= 20 hours

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Net savings (babysitting)= 250 - 110= $140

Rate per hour= $7

To calculate the number of hours that Melissa worked as a babysitter, we need to use the following formula:

Number of hours= net savings / rate per hour

Number of hours= 140 / 7

Number of hours= 20 hours