Question

Your profit for mowing lawns this week is $24. You are paid $8 per hour and you paid $40 for gas for the lawn mower. How many hours did you work this week?

Answer 1

8 hours is the answer. All you have to do is add 40 to you profit of 24 and then divide 64 by 8 and the you get 8 hours.

Answer 2

Answer: 8 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: profit for mowing lawns this week is $\ 24$. You are paid $\ 8$ per hour and you paid $\ 40$ for gas for the lawn mower.

To Find: How many hours did you work this week.

Solution:

Total profit for mowing lawns this week $=\ 24$

Hourly  payment for mowing lawn$=\ 8$

Amount paid for gas for lawn mower $=\ 40$

Let total hours in week we worked $=\text{x}$

Now,

Total profit made $=\text{hourly payment} \times \text{Total hours worked}-\text{Amount paid for gas}$

$\text{Total profit}=\text{x}\times8-40$

putting values,

$24=8\text{x}-40$

$8\text{x}=64$

$\text{x}=\frac{64}{8}$

$\text{x}=8$

Therefore we mowed lawns for $8$ $\text{hours}$ this week.