Question

Ali was paid $75 for mowing a neighbor's yard. This is a fourth of the money he earned all summer. Write and solve an equation to determine how much money Ali earned all summer.

Answer 1

He earned $300 all summer

Explanation:

We are asked to write an equation and also determine the amount Ali earned all summer if he collected $75 mowing fee from a neighbor and this constitutes 1/4 of the few he had collected all summer.

Now, let the total amount of money he had all summer be $y

He collected a fourth equivalent to $75, this means 1/4 * y = 75 or y/4 = $75

Now we calculate y as y = $75 * 4 = $300