Anthony get a job babysitting. Each hour he works he will get paid 8.00 dollars. As a bonus he will earn additional 1.50 per hour for each kid he watches. If his total hourly rate is 12.50, how many kids did he watch.

Question

1.50x+(_)=12.50

What is (_)

Answer 1

To find the missing term, let's put the equation in the proper form:

1.50x + _ = 12.50

We know that Anthony gets paid $8.00 per hour, so if he also earns an additional $1.50 per hour for each kid he watches, the total hourly rate will be $8.00 + $1.50x.

Therefore, the equation becomes:

8.00 + 1.50x = 12.50

To solve for x, we subtract 8.00 from both sides of the equation:

1.50x = 12.50 - 8.00

1.50x = 4.50

Finally, let's divide both sides of the equation by 1.50:

x = 4.50 / 1.50

x = 3

So Anthony watched 3 kids.

Answer 2

Sorry but once again you were wrong my answer was 8

Answer 3

I apologize for the incorrect response. Let's go through the calculations again:

The equation is 1.50x + _ = 12.50

We know that Anthony earns $8.00 per hour and an additional $1.50 per hour for each kid he watches. So the total hourly rate is:
8.00 + 1.50x = 12.50

To find the missing term (_), we subtract 8.00 from both sides of the equation:
1.50x = 12.50 - 8.00
1.50x = 4.50

Now, let's divide both sides of the equation by 1.50:
x = 4.50 / 1.50
x = 3

Therefore, the missing term (_) represents the number of hours that Anthony worked, which is 3 hours.