Katherine works flexible hours. This month she worked a total of 60 hours, which was 3 more than 5 times as many hours as she worked last month. How many hours did she work last month?

Question

Katherine works flexible hours.  This month she worked a total of 60 hours, which was 3 more than 5 times as many hours as she worked last month.  How many hours did she work last month?

GPT 3.5 · Answer

Let x be the number of hours Katherine worked last month. Katherine worked 5*x+3 hours this month. So 5*x+3=60. Thus 5*x=57. So x=<<11=11>>11. Answer: \boxed{11}.