Seldon gets paid $4 per hour to baby sit his cousins. This weekend he babysat on both Saturday and Sunday. He made a total of $56. Sheldon babysat for 8 hours on Sunday. For how many hours did he babysit on Saturday

Answer: Sheldon babysat for 6 hours on Saturday.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of hours that Sheldon babysat on Saturday.

He babysat for Saturday and Sunday. If Sheldon babysat for 8 hours on Sunday, it means that the total number of hours that he babysat during the weekend was

(8 + x) hours.

Seldon gets paid $4 per hour to baby sit his cousins. It means that the total amount that he earned during the weekend was 4 (8 + x)

He made a total of $56. Therefore,

4 (8 + x) = 56

8 + x = 56/4 = 14

x = 14 - 8

x = 6 hours