Question

You want to buy a jacket that is on sale for $59.95, including tax. If you are paid $10.00 an hour for babysitting, how many hours will you have to babysit in order to earn enough money to pay for the jacket? You are paid to work only by the full hour.

Answer 1

We need to work 6 hours to get 59.95$.

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to get 59.95$ and the paid for each hour is 10.00$, hence:

`(10.00$)/(h)*x = 59.95$`

`x = (59.95$)/(10.00$/h) = 5.995 h = 6 h`

Therefore, we need to work 6 hours to get 59.95$.

I hope it helps you!