Ben earns $9 per hour and $6 for each delivery he makes. He wants to make $155 in an 8-hour workday. What is the least number of deliveries he must make to reach his goal?

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Royce Chang

17 May, 17:18

Ben earns $9 per hour and $6 for each delivery he makes. He wants to make $155 in an 8-hour workday. What is the least number of deliveries he must make to reach his goal?

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Juliana Flores · Answer 1

Find how much he will earn

we know he will earn 8 hours sofirst find how many he earns

9 per hour

8 hou

9*8=72

72+6*numberofdeliveries=155

minus 72

6*numberofdeliviers=83

divide by 6

number of delevieries=13.8

he can't make 13.8, round up to get 14

answer is 14 deliveries

Yellow · Answer 2

To first get rid of the $9 per hour do 8 x 9 (=72). Then do 155 - 72 (=83) to show how much more money needs to be made, then 83/the amount of money for each delivery - which is 6. Then the answer is rounded up from 13.83333 to 14 and the answer is 14.