Christiana makes $\$ 14$ per hour working at the roller-skating rink . She needs to make $\$ 130$ to pay

her car insurance. How many hours should she work if she receives an $\$ 18$ tip for hosting a
birthday party that day?

1 answer

To determine how many hours Christiana should work in order to make $130 for her car insurance, we first incorporate her tip from hosting the birthday party.

Christiana receives an $18 tip, so she needs to make the additional amount after receiving this tip:

\[ 130 - 18 = 112 \]

This means she needs to earn $112 from her hourly wage at the roller-skating rink. Given that she makes $14 per hour, we can find the number of hours she needs to work by setting up the equation:

\[ 14h = 112 \]

where \( h \) represents the number of hours she needs to work. To solve for \( h \), we divide both sides by 14:

\[ h = \frac{112}{14} = 8 \]

So, Christiana should work \(\boxed{8}\) hours to cover her car insurance after accounting for her tip.