Question

Anthony got a job babysitting. Each hour he works he will be paid $8.00. As a bonus, he will earn an additional $1.50 per hour for each child he watches. If his total hourly rate is $12.50, how many children does he watch? Write an equation in the form px+q=r to represent this problem.

Answer 1

Susan read 17 pages today. That is 8 pages fewer than 13 of the pages she read yesterday. How many pages did she read yesterday?(1 point)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Let C = the number of children Anthony watches.
The equation representing this problem is 8 + 1.5C = 12.5.