Steven just got a new summer job painting fences in his neighborhood. He will be paid $7.25 an hour. His first customer paid him a total of $36.25.Part A:If h = the number of hours Steven worked, write an equation that would show how the customer knew how much to pay him.Part B:Using the equation you wrote in Part A, how many total hours did Steven work?(Explain in detail please.)
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Answer:a). The equation; 7.25 h-36.25=0b). total number of hours Steven work=5 hoursStep-by-step explanation:Part AThe expression for the total money earned is as follows;T=E×hwhere;T=total earningsE=earnings per hourh=number of hours workedIn our case;T=$36.25E=$7.25h=hreplacing;36.25=(7.25×h)36.25=7.25 hThe equation would be; 7.25 h=36.25, or 7.25 h-36.25=0Part B7.25 h=36.25h=36.25/7.25h=5total number of hours Steven work=5 hours