Question

1. brittany earns $8.50 per hour plus tips. on tuesday, she received $16 in tips. how many hours did brittany work if she earned a total of $75.50 on tuesday? type a response

Explanation:

Step1: Subtract tips from total earnings

First, we need to find out how much Brittany earned from her hourly wage alone. We do this by subtracting the tips from the total earnings. So, $75.50 - $16 = $59.50.

Step2: Divide by hourly rate to find hours

Now, we know she earns $8.50 per hour, so to find the number of hours she worked, we divide the amount she earned from her hourly wage by her hourly rate. Let \( h \) be the number of hours. Then \( h=\frac{59.50}{8.50} \). Calculating this, \( 59.50\div8.50 = 7 \).

Answer:

7