Anthony got a job babysitting. Each hour he works he will be paid $8.00. As a bonus, he will earn an additional 1.50 per hour for each child he watches. If his total hourly rate is $12.50 how many children does he watch? Write an equation in the form px +q = r to represent this problem
Real answer:
1.50x+8=12.50
p x + 8.00 = 12.50
where p is the number of children Anthony watches.
To represent this problem with an equation, we can use the following variables:
p = number of children that Anthony watches
x = number of hours Anthony works
q = base rate per hour (without the bonus)
r = total hourly rate
According to the problem, Anthony earns $8.00 per hour from babysitting and an additional $1.50 for each child he watches per hour. Therefore, the rate per child would be $1.50 * p (1 child per hour) = 1.50p.
The total hourly rate is calculated by adding the base rate per hour with the rate per child: q + 1.50p. Given that the total hourly rate is $12.50, we can write the equation:
px + q = r
1.50p + 8 = 12.50
Now we can solve this equation for p, the number of children Anthony is watching.