Question

Frank has a job at the bottles return depot. He earns $8 an hour plus 15 cents for every box of 1000 recycled containers he counts. On Wednesday, frank worked for 7 h and earned $108.50
A) write an equation with on variable that could be used to determine how many boxes of 1000 recycled containers frank counted.
B) solve your equation to determine how many boxes of 1000 recycled containers frank counted on Wednesday.

Answer 1

Answer:

p = 8h + .15(b)

b = 350 (350 boxes of recycled containers)

Step-by-step explanation:

the equation would be

• p=8h+.15b

p is the total pay. h is hours. b is the total boxes.

for the work he did on Wednesday, just plug in the hours and total pay

• 108.50=8(7) + .15(b)

just simplify

• 108.5 = 56 + .15(b)
• 52.5 = .15(b)
• 350 = b