Anthony got a job babysitting each hour he works he will be paid $8.00 as a bonus he will earn and 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

1 answer

Let x be the number of children Anthony watches.

He will earn an additional $1.50 per child per hour, so the total additional amount he will earn for the children is 1.50 * x.

The equation to represent his total hourly rate is 8 + 1.50x = 12.50.