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17 June, 18:12

To earn extra money, martin works part-time in a butcher's shop. in a particular week during the school holidays he worked twice as many hours on tuesday as he did on monday but only 3/4 the hours on wednesday compared to monday. for these 3 days he received $127.50. if he is paid $8.50 per hour, how many hours did martin work on monday?

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  1. 17 June, 20:46
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    X = monday

    2x = tuesday

    3/4 x = wednesday

    8.50x + 8.5 (2x) + 8.5 (3/4x) = 127.50

    8.50x + 17x + 6.375x = 127.50

    31.875x = 127.50

    x = 127.50 / 31.875

    x = 4

    Martin worked for 4 hours on Monday.
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